Parallel Verses

King James 2000

And Jacob boiled pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he was faint:

New American Standard Bible

When Jacob had cooked stew, Esau came in from the field and he was famished;

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.

A Conservative Version

And Jacob boiled pottage. And Esau came in from the field, and he was faint.

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

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;

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And Jacob
יעקב 
Ya`aqob 
Usage: 349

sod
זיד זוּד 
Zuwd 
Usage: 10

נזיד 
Naziyd 
Usage: 6

and Esau
עשׂו 
`Esav 
Usage: 97


come, bring, ... in, enter, go, carry, ...down, pass, ...out,
Usage: 0

from the field
שׂדי שׂדה 
Sadeh 
Usage: 333

References

Hastings

Morish

Watsons

Context Readings

Esau Sells His Birthright

28 And Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of his venison: but Rebekah loved Jacob. 29 And Jacob boiled pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he was faint: 30 And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray you, with that same red pottage; for I am faint: therefore was his name called Edom.



Cross References

Judges 8:4-5

And Gideon came to the Jordan, and passed over, he, and the three hundred men that were with him, faint, yet pursuing them.

1 Samuel 14:28

Then answered one of the people, and said, your father strictly charged the people with an oath, saying, Cursed be the man that eats any food this day. And the people were faint.

1 Samuel 14:31

And they struck down the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon: and the people were very faint.

Proverbs 13:25

The righteous eats to the satisfying of his soul: but the belly of the wicked shall go hungry.

Isaiah 40:30-31

Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:

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