King James Version

Genesis 25:29

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

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וַיָּ֥זֶדvayazedand be proudזוּדconjunction, verb, hiphil, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and be proud”, the next action in the storyH2102to seethe; figuratively, to be insolentbe proud, deal proudly, presume, (come) presumptuously, sod.יַעֲקֹ֖בyaaqovJacobיַעֲקֹבnoun, proper name — “Jacob”H3290Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarchJacob.נָזִ֑ידnazidpottageנָזִידnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “pottage”, the ordinary formH5138something boiled, i.e. souppottage.וַיָּבֹ֥אvayavoand to comeבּוֹאconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and to come”, the next action in the storyH935to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)abide, apply, attain, [idiom] be, befall, [phrase] besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, [idiom] certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, [idiom] doubtless again, [phrase] eat,…עֵשָׂ֛וesavEsauעֵשָׂוnoun, proper name — “Esau”H6215Esav, a son of Isaac, including his posterityEsau.מִןminfromמִןpreposition — “from”H4480properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many sensesabove, after, among, at, because of, by (reason of), from (among), in, [idiom] neither, [idiom] nor, (out) of, over, since, [idiom] then, through, [idiom] whether, with.הַשָּׂדֶ֖הhasadehthe fieldשָׂדֶהdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the field”, the ordinary formH7704a field (as flat)country, field, ground, land, soil, [idiom] wild.וְה֥וּאvehuand as for herהוּאconjunction, pronoun, personal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and as for her”H1931he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or arehe, as for her, him(-self), it, the same, she (herself), such, that (...it), these, they, this, those, which (is), who.עָיֵֽףayeffaintעָיֵףadjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “faint”, the ordinary formH5889languidfaint, thirsty, weary.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And Jacob sod pottage; and Esau came in from the field, and he was faint.

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

And Jacob boileth pottage, and Esau cometh in from the field, and he [is] weary;

World English Bible

Jacob boiled stew. Esau came in from the field, and he was famished.

Darby Translation

And Jacob had cooked a dish; and Esau came from the field, and he was faint.

Douay-Rheims

And Jacob boiled pottage: to whom Esau, coming faint out of the field,

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And Jacob sod pottage; and Esau came in from the field, and he was faint.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And Jacob cooked pottage, and Esau came from the plain, fainting.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἥψησε δὲ Ἰακὼβ ἕψημα· ἦλθε δὲ Ἡσαῦ ἐκ τοῦ πεδίου ἐκλείπων.