“And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red pottage; for I am faint: therefore was his name called Edom.”
He said to Jacob: quick, let me have some of that red stew! I am famished! That is why he was also called Edom. The demand is urgent — quick, let me have — and the reason is physical — famished. The naming of Edom in this verse connects the red stew with the people who will descend from Esau: Edom means red. The character of a nation is prefigured in this single moment of hungry impatience. Obadiah 1 is an entire prophecy against Edom's pride. The application: Esau's impatience in this moment is Edom's impatience across centuries. Character, formed in small moments, becomes the character of communities.
COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS
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