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Noun Concept
Categories: Figures of speech, Biblical phrases
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mess of pottage
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Anything of trivial value WordNet 3.0
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Anything of trivial value WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
A mess of pottage is something immediately attractive but of little value taken foolishly and carelessly in exchange for something more distant and perhaps less tangible but immensely more valuable. Wikipedia
biblical episode (Gen. 25:29–34) in which Esau sells his birthright to Jacob for lentil stew Wikidata
Something of trivial value, especially of immediate value. Wiktionary
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Esau sold his birthright to Jacob for a mess of pottage WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
IS A
value
PART OF
Genesis
Genesis 25
CHARACTERS
Esau
Jacob
Rebecca
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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mess of pottage
Wikipedia
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mess of pottage
Wikidata
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Mess of pottage
Wiktionary
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mess of pottage

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