<P> In Genesis , Esau returned to his brother , Jacob , being famished from the fields . He begged his twin brother to give him some `` red pottage '' ( paralleling his nickname , Hebrew : אדום ‎ ( adom , meaning `` red '' ) . Jacob offered to give Esau a bowl of stew in exchange for his birthright ( the right to be recognized as firstborn ) and Esau agreed . </P>
<P> In Genesis , Esau returned to his brother , Jacob , being famished from the fields . He begged his twin brother to give him some `` red pottage '' ( paralleling his nickname , Hebrew : אדום ‎ ( adom , meaning `` red '' ) . Jacob offered to give Esau a bowl of stew in exchange for his birthright ( the right to be recognized as firstborn ) and Esau agreed . </P>
who sold their birthright for a bowl of soup
who sold their birthright for a bowl of soup
Esau
Esau