Genesis 25:29-31

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

Esau Sells His Birthright

²⁹ Once when Jacob was boiling pottage, Esau came in from the field, and he was famished. ³⁰ And Esau said to Jacob, “Let me eat some of that red pottage, for I am famished!” (Therefore his name was called Edom.^[a]) ³¹ Jacob said, “First sell me your birthright.”