Genesis 25:34 Meaning, Study, & Commentary | KJV

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.

Commentaries

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century

Presbyterian

18th Century

פדן padān — Paddan, “plowed field;” related: “cut, plow.”

עשׂי ‛êśâv, Esau, “hairy, or made.”

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century

Anglican

19th Century

THE TÔLDÔTH ISAAC (Genesis 25:19 to Genesis 35:29).

THE BIRTH OF ISAAC’S SONS.

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John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century

Protestant

16th Century

Then Jacob gave. Although, at first sight, this statement seems to be cold and superfluous, it nevertheless carries great weight. For, in …

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century

Reformed Baptist

17th Century

Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles This shows what the pottage was made of, of which see ([Reference Gene…

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century

Presbyterian

17th Century

We have here the bargain made between Jacob and Esau about the right, which was Esau's by birth but Jacob's by promise. It was for a spiritual priv…

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