Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
And Jacob boiled pottage. And Esau came in from the field, and he was faint.
New American Standard Bible
When Jacob had cooked
King James Version
And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he was faint:
Holman Bible
Once when Jacob was cooking a stew, Esau came in from the field exhausted.
International Standard Version
One day, while Jacob was cooking some stew, Esau happened to come in from being outdoors, and he was feeling famished.
American Standard Version
And Jacob boiled pottage. And Esau came in from the field, and he was faint.
Amplified
Jacob had cooked [reddish-brown lentil] stew [one day], when Esau came from the field and was famished;
Bible in Basic English
And one day Jacob was cooking some soup when Esau came in from the fields in great need of food;
Darby Translation
And Jacob had cooked a dish; and Esau came from the field, and he was faint.
Julia Smith Translation
And Jacob will boil a boiling, and Esau will come from the country, and he faint
King James 2000
And Jacob boiled pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he was faint:
Lexham Expanded Bible
Once Jacob cooked a thick stew, and Esau came in from the field, and he was exhausted.
Modern King James verseion
And Jacob boiled soup. And Esau came from the field, and he was faint.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Jacob sod pottage, and Esau came from the field and was fainty,
NET Bible
Now Jacob cooked some stew, and when Esau came in from the open fields, he was famished.
New Heart English Bible
Jacob boiled stew. Esau came in from the field, and he was famished.
The Emphasized Bible
And Jacob had boiled pottage, - when Esau came in from the field, he, being famished.
Webster
And Jacob boiled pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he was faint.
World English Bible
Jacob boiled stew. Esau came in from the field, and he was famished.
Youngs Literal Translation
And Jacob boileth pottage, and Esau cometh in from the field, and he is weary;
Themes
Bible stories for children » The young man who traded his inheritance for a dish of pottage
Dishonesty » Instances of » Jacob obtains his brother's birthright by an unjust advantage
Esau » Sells his birthright for a single meal
Firstborn » Birthright of the » Sold by esau
jacob » Obtains esau's birthright for just one bowl of stew
Responsibility » Attempts to shift » Esau
Interlinear
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 25:29
Verse Info
Context Readings
Esau Sells His Birthright
28 Now Isaac loved Esau, because he ate of his venison. And Rebekah loved Jacob. 29 And Jacob boiled pottage. And Esau came in from the field, and he was faint. 30 And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red [pottage], for I am faint. Therefore his name was called Edom.
Phrases
Cross References
Judges 8:4-5
And Gideon came to the Jordan, [and] passed over, he, and the three hundred men who were with him, faint, yet pursuing.
1 Samuel 14:28
Then one of the people answered, and said, Thy father strictly charged the people with an oath, saying, Cursed be the man who eats food this day, and the people were faint.
1 Samuel 14:31
And they smote of the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon. And the people were very faint,
Proverbs 13:25
A righteous man eats to the satisfying of his soul, but the belly of the wicked shall want.
Isaiah 40:30-31
Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall.