Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised his birthright.
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Gill's Exposition
Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles,.... This shows what the pottage was made of, of which see Gen 25:30; and that Jacob gave to Esau more than he asked and bargained for, bread as well…
- LIII. Birth of Esau and Jacob 20. פדן padān, Paddan, “plowed field;” related: “cut, plow.” 25. עשׂי ‛êśâv, ‘Esaw, “hairy, or made.” 26. יעקב ya‛ăqôb, Ja’aqob, “he shall take the heel.” 27. תם…
Adam Clarke
Pottage of lentils - See note Gen 25:29.
Thus Esau despised his birthright - On this account the apostle, Heb 12:16, calls Esau a profane person, because he had, by this act, alienated from himself…
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…
Cambridge Bible
lentils The pottage here described is made of a small reddish kind of bean much in use for food in Palestine, Arab. -adas. Cf. 2Sa 17:28; 2Sa 23:11; Eze 4:9. It makes the reddish pottage now called in…
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