מדרש על בראשית 25:30

[(Gen. 25:30:) PLEASE LET ME GULP DOWN SOME OF THIS RED RED STUFF.] What is the meaning of LET ME GULP DOWN? R. Johanan said: From you and from those like you, < i.e., > from the righteous who are like you.¹³Gen. R. 63:12. The repetition of RED suggests that ESAU was not only making demands of Jacob, but that such demands would be repeated against the righteous in future generations.

Another interpretation: LET ME GULP DOWN. "Give me" is not written here, but LET ME GULP DOWN. He said to him: LET ME GULP DOWN < SOME >. He gave him < some > in a saucer. He said: You are giving it to me in a saucer. Pour from the pot < directly > into my mouth. Now the word for "gulping down" (rt.: L'T) is nothing but the word for "pouring"; for so have our masters taught (in Shab. 24:3): ONE DOES NOT STUFF THE CAMEL NOR CRAM IT BUT FEEDS IT FULLY (rt.: L'T).¹⁴Since this root never appeals in Sctipture apart from Gen. 25:30, its meaning is doubtful. The context in the Mishnah implies that the verb in question is something that one does to the camel. Thus “gulping down” must have been something that Jacob did to Esau. See Gen. R. 63:12; PRK 6:2. He therefore said (in Gen. 25:30): LET ME GULP DOWN (in the sense of POUR INTO ME).

(Ibid., cont.:) TO THE LAND OF SEIR IN THE FIELDS OF EDOM. [What is the meaning of TO THE LAND OF SEIR (rt.: S'R)?] That he makes one's hair (rt.: S'R) stand on end. TO THE FIELDS OF EDOM (rt.: 'DM).¹⁵Gen. R. 63:12; 75:4. He is red (rt.: 'DM), his food is red, his warriors are red, his attire is red, his shields are red, his land is red, the one who stands up to him is red, and the one who exacts retribution from him is red in red attire. He is red (according to Gen. 25:25): THE FIRST (i.e., Esau) CAME FORTH RUDDY. His food is red (according to Gen. 25:30): < PLEASE LET ME GULP DOWN > SOME OF THIS RED RED STUFF. His warriors are red (according to Nahum 2:4): HIS WARRIORS' SHIELDS ARE RED. His attire is red (according to ibid., cont.): AND HIS SOLDIERS ARE CLOTHED IN CRIMSON. His shields are red (according to ibid.): HIS WARRIORS' SHIELDS ARE RED. His land is red (rt.: 'DM) (according to Gen. 32:4 [3]): TO THE LAND OF SEIR IN THE FIELDS OF EDOM (rt.: 'DM). The one who stands up to him is red. This is David (according to I Sam. 16:12): SO HE SENT AND BROUGHT HIM. NOW HE WAS RUDDY. And what < else > is written about him (in II Sam. 8:14)? HE PUT GARRISONS IN EDOM. And the < the Holy One >, who exacts retribution from him, is red (according to Cant. 5:10): MY BELOVED IS BRIGHT AND RUDDY. (Is. 63:1:) WHO IS THIS COMING FROM EDOM (rt.: 'DM)? < He comes > in red attire (according to vs. 2): WHY IS YOUR CLOTHING SO RED … ?