Genesis 25:31

“First sell me your birthright,” Jacob replied.

Majority Standard Bible

In The King James Version

And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright.

In Context

30He said to Jacob, “Let me eat some of that red stew, for I am famished.” (That is why he was also called Edom.)

32“Look,” said Esau, “I am about to die, so what good is a birthright to me?”

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Cross References

Genesis 32:28Then the man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with men, and you have prevailed.”

Hebrews 12:16See to it that no one is sexually immoral, or is godless like Esau, who for a single meal 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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