Excerpt from The Man Who Might Have Been: A Lost Biography

And Jacob sod pottage, and Esau came in from the field and he was faint, and Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red pottage, for I am faint, therefore his name was called Edom. And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die, and what profit shall the birthright do to me? And Jacob said, Swear to me this day, and he swore unto him, and he sold his birthright unto Jacob. And Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentils, and did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way, so Esau despised his birthright.

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