Did Esau eat raw flesh?

The Hebrew Israelites who claim that the “so called white man” are from the lineage of Esau and so are Edomites like to mock Esau and claim that the “so called white man” (which is how they refer to caucasian people) likes to eat raw meat just like their father Esau. They will then go to a verse in Genesis which they claim shows Esau eating raw or undercooked meat when he sold his birthright to Jacob.

Genesis 25 – 29 And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he was faint: 30 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. 31 And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright.

So they say that this red pottage was stew and stew includes meat and it was red as it was not yet cooked.

SO let’s analyze the claim. Did Esau really eat raw or undercooked meat?

The word Sod is the Hebrew זִיד zud or zid means to boil up
So Jacob was boiling food.

The word Pottage is the Hebrew נָזִיד nazid and means stew/soup

However the Hebrew word does NOT appear in this verse. It is simply inferred. The Hebrew actually reads 
הָאָדֹם֙ הָאָדֹם֙ hā-’ā-ḏōm hā-’ā-ḏōm which is RED RED

Hebrew is an elliptical language which means certain inferences are made in the text. English is not an elliptical language and so those inferences do not translate without actually showing the inferences. So the KJV translators used the word pottage as this is what was being referred to as we see just 5 verses later in Genesis 25-34

Genesis 25- 34 Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised his birthright.

This time the Hebrew word נָזִיד nazid is used and so we can see that the red red in verse 25-29 was indeed correctly translated as red pottage.

Now also notice we have the ADDED information of LENTILS in this verse

Lentils is the Hebrew עֲדָשִׁים adashah

Very clearly from these verses Esau sold his birthright for some red lentil soup/stew

But was there actually meat in the stew or soup that was not stated in the passage in Genesis. The Hebrew Israelites will go to Hebrews 12-16 to “prove” that it did.

Hebrews 12-16 Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright.

So here we see it is stated Esau sold his birthright for one morsel of MEAT.

HOWEVER …..always a however …. The Greek word translated as MEAT is βρῶσις brósis which means meal or food

When we look at the Bible we see that meat does not mean flesh it means FOOD

Genesis 1-26 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which isupon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.

Herb is being called meat, Meat unlike today which means food from flesh actually meant food
The hebrew word translated as meat is אָכְלָה oklah food

When we look at the 1611 KJV dictionary it gives the definition of meat as

1. Food in general; any thing eaten for nourishment, either by man or beast.

SO yet again the Hebrew Israelite claim ONLY works when the true word of God is twisted to suit their agenda….and yes they have an agenda.

God’s word when accurately portrayed ALWAYS tells the truth.

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