Genesis 25:32

And Esau said: 'Behold, I am at the point to die; and what profit shall the birthright do to me?'

JPS TaNaKH 1917

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

31And Jacob said: 'Sell me first thy birthright.'

33And Jacob said: 'Swear to me first'; and he swore unto him; and he sold his birthright unto Jacob.

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Cross References

Job 21:15What is the Almighty, that we should serve Him? And what profit should we have, if we pray unto Him?' —

Job 34:9For he hath said: 'It profiteth a man nothing that he should be in accord with God.'

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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