Bilangan 20:16

20:16 So when we cried to the Lord, he heard our voice and sent a messenger, ¹  and has brought us up out of Egypt. Now ²  we are here in Kadesh, a town on the edge of your country. ³ 

Kejadian 25:30

25:30 So Esau said to Jacob, “Feed ⁴  me some of the red stuff – yes, this red stuff – because I’m starving!” (That is why he was also called ⁵  Edom.) ⁶ 

Kejadian 36:16

36:16 chief Korah, ⁷  chief Gatam, chief Amalek. These were the chiefs descended from Eliphaz in the land of Edom; these were the sons ⁸  of Adah.

[20:16]  ¹ tn The word could be rendered “angel” or “messenger.” Some ambiguity may be intended in this report.

[20:16]  ² tn The Hebrew text uses הִנֵּה (hinneh) to emphasize the “here and now” aspect of the report to Edom.

[20:16]  ³ tn Heb “your border.”

[25:30]  ⁴ tn The rare term לָעַט (la’at), translated “feed,” is used in later Hebrew for feeding animals (see Jastrow, 714). If this nuance was attached to the word in the biblical period, then it may depict Esau in a negative light, comparing him to a hungry animal. Famished Esau comes in from the hunt, only to enter the trap. He can only point at the red stew and ask Jacob to feed him.

[25:30]  ⁵ tn The verb has no expressed subject and so is given a passive translation.

[25:30]  ⁶ sn Esau’s descendants would eventually be called Edom. Edom was the place where they lived, so-named probably because of the reddish nature of the hills. The writer can use the word “red” to describe the stew that Esau gasped for to convey the nature of Esau and his descendants. They were a lusty, passionate, and profane people who lived for the moment. Again, the wordplay is meant to capture the “omen in the nomen.”

[36:16]  ⁷ tc The Samaritan Pentateuch omits the name “Korah” (see v. 11 and 1 Chr 1:36).

[36:16]  ⁸ tn Or “grandsons” (NIV); “descendants” (NEB).