Holy Bible, The New Living Translation
Book of Genesis
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Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 25:29 GSB -> Study Notes on 25:29 JFB -> Commentary on 25:29 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 25:29 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 25:29 TSK -> Commentary on 25:29 TSK -> Entry for 25:29 WEN -> Notes on 25:29 NTB -> Birthright; Dishonesty; Esau; Firstborn; Jacob; Responsibility EBD -> Lentiles; Pottage 25:29 - [In Context] One day when Jacob was cooking some stew, Esau arrived home exhausted and hungry from a hunt.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 25:30 GSB -> Study Notes on 25:30 JFB -> Commentary on 25:30 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 25:30 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 25:30 TSK -> Commentary on 25:30 TSK -> Entry for 25:30 WEN -> Notes on 25:30 NTB -> Birthright; Dishonesty; Edom; Esau; Firstborn; Gluttony; Jacob; Responsibility; Worldliness TTT -> Gluttony EBD -> Colour; Edom; Food; Lentiles 25:30 - [In Context] Esau said to Jacob, "I'm starved! Give me some of that red stew you've made." (This was how Esau got his other name, Edom – "Red.")
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 25:31 GSB -> Study Notes on 25:31 JFB -> Commentary on 25:31 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 25:31 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 25:31 SRN -> Study Notes on 25:31 WEN -> Notes on 25:31 NTB -> Birthright; Covetousness; Craftiness; Dishonesty; Esau; Extortion; Firstborn; Gluttony; Jacob; Responsibility; Worldliness TTT -> First Born, The; Gluttony EBD -> First-born; Lentiles SBD -> Children 25:31 - [In Context] Jacob replied, "All right, but trade me your birthright for it."
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 25:32 GSB -> Study Notes on 25:32 JFB -> Commentary on 25:32 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 25:32 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 25:32 TSK -> Commentary on 25:32 TSK -> Entry for 25:32 WEN -> Notes on 25:32 NTB -> Birthright; Craftiness; Dishonesty; Esau; Firstborn; Gluttony; Jacob; Responsibility; Worldliness TTT -> Gluttony EBD -> Lentiles 25:32 - [In Context] "Look, I'm dying of starvation!" said Esau. "What good is my birthright to me now?"
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 25:33 GSB -> Study Notes on 25:33 JFB -> Commentary on 25:33 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 25:33 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 25:33 TSK -> Commentary on 25:33 TSK -> Entry for 25:33 WEN -> Notes on 25:33 NTB -> Birthright; Craftiness; Dishonesty; Esau; Firstborn; Gluttony; Jacob; Oath; Responsibility; Sacrilege; Worldliness TTT -> First Born, The; Gluttony EBD -> Birthright; Lentiles 25:33 - [In Context] So Jacob insisted, "Well then, swear to me right now that it is mine." So Esau swore an oath, thereby selling all his rights as the firstborn to his younger brother.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 25:34 JFB -> Commentary on 25:34 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 25:34 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 25:34 TSK -> Commentary on 25:34 TSK -> Entry for 25:34 WEN -> Notes on 25:34 NTB -> Birthright; Esau; Firstborn; Gluttony; Jacob; Lentiles; Responsibility; Worldliness TTT -> Gluttony; Herbs, &c EBD -> First-born; Food; Lentiles SBD -> Lentils 25:34 - [In Context] Then Jacob gave Esau some bread and lentil stew. Esau ate and drank and went on about his business, indifferent to the fact that he had given up his birthright.

Abbreviations Legend: GEB - Gill's Exposition; GSB - Geneva Study Bible; JFB - Jamieson, Fausset, Brown; MHC-COM - Matthew Henry Complete; MHC-CON - Matthew Henry Concise; SRN - Scofield Reference Notes; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; WEN - Wesley's Explanatory Notes; NTB - Nave's Topical Bible; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; TTT - Torrey's Topical Textbook; EBD - Easton's Bible Dictionary; SBD - Smith's Bible Dictionary; Copyright Statement - Holy Bible, The New Living Translation copyright © 1996 by Tyndale Charitable Trust. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved. For more information about the NLT, please click here.