Genesis 25:32
He answered, “Lo, I am dying, what will the right of the firstborn provide for me?”
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me?
In Context
31Jacob said to him, “Sell me your right of the firstborn.”
33Jacob said, “So then, swear to me.” Esau swore to him, and he sold his right of the firstborn.
Cross References
Job 21:15Who is the Almighty that we should serve him? And how is it helpful to us if we pray to him?”
Job 34:9For he has said, “Man will not please God, even if he should travel with him.”
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 →