And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he was faint:
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Interpretation
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 privilege; and we see Jacob's desire of the birth-right, but he sought to obtain it by crooked courses, not like his character as a plain man.
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This thought runs through Genesis 25:29-33.