Genesis 25:31

And Ya'akov said, First sell me today thy bechorah (birthright, right of the firstborn).

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright.

In Context

30And Esav said to Ya'akov, Let me eat now some of the adom (red stew); for I am famished; therefore was shmo called Edom.

32And Esav said, Hinei, I am at the point of death; and what profit shall this bechorah do to me?

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Cross References

Genesis 32:28And he said unto him, What is shemecha? And he said, Ya'akov.

Hebrews 12:16Lest someone guilty of gilui arayot (sexual immorality) or some person who is mitnaged ladat (irreligious, opponent of religion) like Esav, who in exchange for one meal sold HaBechorah belonging to 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 →

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