Genesis 25:29 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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²⁹And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he was faint:

Genesis 25:29 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 40:30-31
Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: …
Proverbs 13:25
The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul: but the belly of the wicked shall want.
1 Samuel 14:28
Then answered one of the people, and said, Thy father straitly charged the people with an oath, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any food this day. And the people were faint.
Judges 8:4-5
And Gideon came to Jordan, and passed over, he, and the three hundred men that were with him, faint, yet pursuing them. …
1 Samuel 14:31
And they smote the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon: and the people were very faint.

Topics

Animals Birthright Consecrated Things Esau Firstborn Firstling Heir Inheritance

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 29-34)

We have here a bargain made between Jacob and Esau about the birthright, which was Esau’s by providence but Jacob’s by promise. It was a spiritual privilege, including the excellency of dignity and the excellency of power, as well as the double portion, Gen. 49:3. It seemed to be such a birthright as had then the blessing annexed to it, and the entail of the promise. Now see, I. Jacob’s pious desi…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 29)

29. Jacob sod pottage--made of lentils or small beans, which are common in Egypt and Syria. It is probable that it was made of Egyptian beans, which Jacob had procured as a dainty; for Esau was a stranger to it. It is very palatable; and to the weary hunter, faint with hunger, its odor must have been irresistibly tempting.