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I did the puzzle shortly thereafter and found not only 10D: Mess of pottage buyer (Esau) but 61D: 10-Down's father (Isaac). I have to say ... pottage of lentils is not a very compelling reason to sell your birthright.
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Where are the Mayans?), XMEN, and SWEET THING, plus tough clues like "mess of pottage buyer" for ESAU (is this biblical? I'm at a total loss) and "perfectly alike" for EYE TO EYE. As a mom and a former dental editor, I'm not sure I like "appeared, as baby teeth" for GREW IN;
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He did not believe in it, and therefore he was willing to cede his birthright and the blessing attached thereto in exchange for a mess of pottage.[45] In addition, Jacob paid him in coin,[46] and, besides, he gave him what was more than money, the wonderful sword of Methuselah, which Isaac had inherited from Abraham...
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Mess of pottage buyer? Who recieved the birthright? Who sold his birthright for food? Who was thebiblical pottage purchaser? The one who sold his birthright to his brother Jacob? ... Discuss the question "Which character in the Bible sold his birthright for a mess of pottage?"
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In summary: If we cave on the demand for a "robust public option," by which I mean a public option OPEN TO ALL on DAY ONE, then we will be like Esau, who sold his birthright to Jacob for a mess of pottage.
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www.dailykos.com/story/2009/9/12/780958/-For-sale:-birt...
www.dailykos.com/story/2009/9/12/780958/-For-sale:-birthrights.Price:-one-mess-of-pottage-each.
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I have been idly following the fight between the McCain and Obama campaigns on the subject of accepting public financing for the general election, and thinking that at some point I'd probably have to write about it. ... Listed below are links to weblogs that reference McCain Sells Birthright For Mess Of Pottage:
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obsidianwings.blogs.com/obsidian_wings/2008/02/mccain-s...
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I also suspect, and the title of the blog has always suggested that Americans are primarily consumers of products - that our other pre-political bonds or identities ... As jsinger suggests, our brand of pottage has, for whatever reason, proven nourishing over time (cue Homer Simpson voice: “mmmm… pottage”).
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larison.org/2006/11/27/abjuring-loyalty-to-ourselves-fo...
larison.org/2006/11/27/abjuring-loyalty-to-ourselves-for-a-mess-of-pottage/
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surfsup.ca/jlyeg/gsdoq/mess.php
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A Mess of Political Pottage, indeed. So is voting the lesser of two or more evils depending on the point in election time(isn't that still evil) a compromise? Just what is a voter of faith to do from the perspective of what God says and means in His Word?
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teampyro.blogspot.com/2008/04/how-evangelicals-traded-t...
teampyro.blogspot.com/2008/04/how-evangelicals-traded-their-spiritual.html
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