Pottage* — Tyndale Open Bible Dictionary

Red-colored vegetable stew commonly served in the OT (Hg 2:12). Pottage was made of lentils, herbs, onions, and sometimes meat. Its aroma proved strong enough to shift a birthright from Esau to Jacob (Gn 25:29-34). Elisha’s disciples relished its nourishment (2 Kgs 4:38-41).

Show passage in OET: HAG 2:12

OET-RV HAG 2:12

12 ‘If a priest took some meat that had been offered to God and carried it wrapped in a piece of clothing, then if the clothing touched some other food, would that other food become holy?’ ”
¶ “No, it wouldn’t,” the priests replied.

OET-LV HAG 2:12

12 THERE someone he _will _carry flesh _of holiness in_the _skirt _of his _garment _of_his and_he _will _touch with_skirt _of_his (to) (the)_bread and_near/to (the)_cooked_food and_near/to (the)_wine and_near/to oil and_near/to every _of food will_it _become _holy and_ the_priests _they _answered and_they _said no.

Show passage in OET: GEN 25:29–34

OET-RV GEN 25:29

29 One day, Ya’akov was cooking some stew when Esav arrived home from being out, and he was very hungry

OET-RV GEN 25:30

30 and asked Ya’akov, “I’m starving—can I have some of that yummy-looking red stuff.” (After that, Esav’s nickname became ‘Edom’, meaning ‘red’.)

OET-RV GEN 25:31

31 “Well, now,” Ya’akov answered, “sell me your future inheritance.”

OET-RV GEN 25:32

32 “Listen, I’m dying of starvation,” said Esav, “so what use would a future inheritance be to me?”

OET-RV GEN 25:33

33 “Well then, make a vow to me,” insisted Ya’akov.
¶ So Esav promised him, effectively selling his future inheritance to Ya’akov,

OET-RV GEN 25:34

34 and Ya’akov gave him some of the lentil stew and some bread. So Esav ate and drank and left again, thus despising his own inheritance as firstborn son.

OET-LV GEN 25:29

29 And_ Yaˊₐqoⱱ _he _had _cooked cooked _food and_ ˊĒsāv _he _came from the_field and_he was_exhausted.

OET-LV GEN 25:30

30 And_ ˊĒsāv _he/it _said to Yaˊₐqoⱱ let_me _swallow please some _of the _red_stew the _red_stew the_this if/because am_exhausted I therefore yes/correct/thus/so someone _called his/its_name ʼEdōm.

OET-LV GEN 25:31

31 And_ Yaˊₐqoⱱ _he/it _said sell as_day DOM birthright _of_your to_me.

OET-LV GEN 25:32

32 And_ ˊĒsāv _he/it _said HERE I am_going to_die and_for_what this to_me is_a _birthright.

OET-LV GEN 25:33

33 And_ Yaˊₐqoⱱ _he/it _said swear to/for_me as_day and_he _swore to_him/it and_he _sold DOM birthright _of_his to_Yaˊₐqoⱱ.

OET-LV GEN 25:34

34 And_Yaˊₐqoⱱ he _gave to_ˊĒsāv bread and_cooked _food _of lentils and_he _ate and_he _drank and_he/it _rose _up and_he _went and_ ˊĒsāv _he _despised DOM the_birthright.

Show passage in OET: KI2 4:38–41

OET-RV KI2 4:38

38 and Elisha returned to Gilgal.
¶ At that time, there was a drought and the prophets-in-training were sitting facing him, and Elisha told his servant, “Get the large pot and boil a stew for these prophets-in-training.”

OET-RV KI2 4:39

39 One person went out to the countryside to gather herbs, and he found a wild vine, and he collected wild fruit from it—as many as he could hold in the fold of his robe. Then not realising that they were poisonous, he came and he sliced them into the pot of stew.

OET-RV KI2 4:40

40 Then they served it up for the men to eat, but when they ate it, they called out, “Man of God, there’s poison in that pot!”

OET-RV KI2 4:41

41 “Bring me some flour,” Elisha said. Then he threw it into the pot, and said, “Serve it up for the people to eat,” and no one was harmed.

OET-LV KI2 4:38

38 And_ʼElīshāˊ he _returned to_(the)_Gilgal and_(the)_famine on _the_earth and_the _sons of_the _prophets were_sitting before_him and_he/it _said to_servant _of_his put _on the_pot (the)_large and_cook cooked _food for_the _sons _of the _prophets.

OET-LV KI2 4:39

39 And_ one_man _he/it _went _out to the_field to_gather herbs and_he _found a _vine _of the_field and_he _gathered from_him/it gourds _of the_field the _fullness _of his _garment _of_his and_he _came and_he _sliced_them into the _pot _of the _cooked _food if/because not people _knew.

OET-LV KI2 4:40

40 And_they _poured_it_out for_the_men to_eat and_he/it _was just_as_they _ate some_of_the _cooked _food and_they they _cried _out and_they _said death is_in_pot Oh _man _of the_ʼElohīm and_not they _were _able to_eat_it.

OET-LV KI2 4:41

41 And_he/it _said and_fetch flour and_he _threw_it into the_pot and_he/it _said pour_it_out for_people so_that _they _may _eat and_not it _was a _thing bad in_pot.

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