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Genesis 25:29

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

KJV

Coxit autem Jacob pulmentum : ad quem cum venisset Esau de agro lassus,

Vulgate

Ἥψησεν δὲ Ἰακὼβ ἕψεμα· ἦλθεν δὲ Ἠσαὺ ἐκ τοῦ πεδίου ἐκλείπων.

LXX

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

ASV

וַ/יָּ֥זֶד יַעֲקֹ֖ב נָזִ֑יד וַ/יָּבֹ֥א עֵשָׂ֛ו מִן הַ/שָּׂדֶ֖ה וְ/ה֥וּא עָיֵֽף

Hebrew

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In this verse

People EsauJacobJacob

In the original Hebrew

9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

בָּ֣א
b'
verb · 2573×
ה֖וּא
hv'
pronoun · 1878×
יַעֲקֹ֖ב
y'qb
proper_noun · 346×
מִן
mn
preposition · 1223×
נָּזִ֜יד
nzyd
noun · 6×
עֵשָׂ֔ו
'shv
proper_noun · 97×
עָיֵ֣ף
'yp
adjective · 17×
שָּׂדֶ֔ה
shdh
noun · 334×
תָּזִ֖דוּ
tzdv
verb · 10×

Historic Christian voices

6 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Covers Jacob and Esau, Joseph's rise in Egypt, the famine, Jacob's family settling in Goshen, the enslavement of Israel, the birth and early life of Moses, the ten plagues, and the Exodus from Egypt including the crossing of the Red Sea.

Cross-references

  • Isa 40:30 — Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:
  • Prov 13:25 — The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul: but the belly of the wicked shall want.