So Esau said to Jacob, “I am weak with hunger. Let me have some of those red beans.” (That is why people call him Edom. [148])
Genesis 25:29 - Easy To Read Version One time Esau came back from hunting. He was tired and weak from hunger. Jacob was boiling a pot of beans. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he was faint: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Jacob was boiling pottage (lentil stew) one day, when Esau came from the field and was faint [with hunger]. American Standard Version (1901) And Jacob boiled pottage: and Esau came in from the field, and he was faint: Common English Bible Once when Jacob was boiling stew, Esau came in from the field hungry Catholic Public Domain Version Then Jacob boiled a small meal. Esau, when he had arrived weary from the field, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And Jacob boiled Pottage: to whom Esau, coming faint out of the field, |
So Esau said to Jacob, “I am weak with hunger. Let me have some of those red beans.” (That is why people call him Edom. [148])
Then Jacob gave Esau bread and food. Esau ate and drank and then left. So Esau showed that he did not care about his rights as the firstborn son. [150]
Elisha went to Gilgal again. There was a time of hunger in the land. The group of prophets [32] was sitting in front of Elisha. Elisha said to his servant, “Put the large pot on the fire, and make some soup for the group of prophets.”
One man went out into the field to gather herbs. He found a wild vine and picked the fruit from it. He put that fruit in his robe and brought it back. He cut up the wild fruit and put it into the pot. But the group of prophets [33] did not know what kind of fruit it was.
“Suppose a man carries some meat in the fold of his clothes. This meat \{is part of a sacrifice, so it\} is holy. What if those clothes touch some bread, or cooked food, wine, oil or some other food. Will the thing the clothes touch become holy?”
One of the soldiers told Jonathan, “Your father forced the soldiers to make a special promise. Your father said that any man who eats today will be punished! {So the men have not eaten anything.} That is why the men are weak.”
That day the Israelites defeated the Philistines. They fought them all the way from Micmash to Aijalon. So the people were very tired and hungry.