Genesis 25:31

and Jacob says, “Sell your birthright to me today.”

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright.

In Context

30and Esau says to Jacob, “Please let me eat some of this red-red thing, for I [am] weary”; therefore [one] has called his name Edom;

32And Esau says, “Behold, I am going to die, and what is this to me—a birthright?”

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Cross References

Genesis 32:28And He says, “Your name is no longer called Jacob, but Israel; for you have reigned with God and with men, and prevail.”

Hebrews 12:16lest anyone be a fornicator, or a profane person, as Esau, who in exchange for one morsel of food sold his birthright,

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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