Soup, Chili, Stew and Dumpling Recipes
Esau's Pottage is one of the most famous recipes in history. Various simmered red lentil dishes are known as Esau's Pottage in Biblical lands (Bible verses below).
Genesis 25:27-34 World English Bible
25:27 The boys grew. Esau was a skillful hunter, a man of the field. Jacob was a quiet man, living in tents. 25:28 Now Isaac loved Esau, because he ate his venison. Rebekah loved Jacob. 25:29 Jacob boiled stew. Esau came in from the field, and he was famished. 25:30 Esau said to Jacob, “Please feed me with that same red stew, for I am famished.” Therefore his name was called Edom.
25:31 Jacob said, “First, sell me your birthright.”
25:32 Esau said, “Behold, I am about to die. What good is the birthright to me?”
25:33 Jacob said, “Swear to me first.”
He swore to him. He sold his birthright to Jacob. 25:34 Jacob gave Esau bread and stew of lentils. He ate and drank, rose up, and went his way. So Esau despised his birthright.