Genesis 25:30

“And Esau said to Jacob, feed me, I pray thee, with that same red [pottage], etc.] Or, “with that same red f1402, red”; not knowing what it was, or what it was made of, and therefore only calls it by its colour; and the word being doubled, may denote that it was very red; or he, being in haste and greedy of it through hunger, repeats it in a quick and short way: this pottage was made of lentiles, as we learn from (<012534>Genesis 25:34); which sort of food was much in use with the Egyptians, Egypt abounding with lentiles; and particularly Alexandria was famous for them, from whence they were carried into other countries, as Austin f1403 relates. The lentiles of Pelusium, a city in Egypt, are…”

“25:30 Esau was preoccupied with his appetite. Being driven by one’s appetites leaves no place for spiritual values. The text emphasizes this by using a Hebrew word (translated give) that was normally used for feeding animals. • Edom, which means “red”: See study note on 25:25.”