OLD TESTAMENT

Genesis 25:30

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30

Esau said to Jacob, “Please feed me with some of that red stew, for I am famished.” Therefore his name was called Edom.

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Verse 30. Give me, and so forth Hebrew “make me devour this red;” which denotes, the very red quality of the pottage, and the greediness of Esau. Calmet.

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“Edom” means “red”.

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