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#611: Esau Felt Embarrassed

#611: Esau Felt Embarrassed

Beit HaLevi on Parashat Toldot, Bereshit/Genesis 25:30

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A painting of a bowl of reddish lentil soup

Bereshit/Genesis 25:30

וַיֹּאמֶר עֵשָׂו אֶל־יַעֲקֹב הַלְעִיטֵנִי נָא מִן־הָאָדֹם הָאָדֹם הַזֶּה כִּי עָיֵף אָנֹכִי עַל־כֵּן קָרָא־שְׁמוֹ אֱדוֹם׃

And Esau said to Jacob, “Give me some of that red stuff to gulp down, for I am famished”—which is why he was named Edom.

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