Genesis 25:31

And Jacob said, First of all give me your birthright.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright.

In Context

30And Esau said to Jacob, Give me a full meal of that red soup, for I am overcome with need for food: for this reason he was named Edom.

32And Esau said, Truly, I am at the point of death: what profit is the birthright to me?

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Cross References

Genesis 32:28And he said, Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel: for in your fight with God and with men you have overcome.

Hebrews 12:16And that there may not be any evil liver, or any man without respect for God, like Esau, who let his birthright go for a plate of food.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 25:30-34

Esau Sells His Birthright. ( b. c. 1805.) 29 And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he was faint: 30 And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red pottage; for I am faint: therefore was his name called Edom. 31 And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright. 32 And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me? 33 And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob. 34 Then Jacob gave… Read the whole commentary →

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