Genesis 25:34
Jacob gave Esau bread and stew of lentils. He ate and drank, then got up and went on his way. In this manner Esau despised his birthright.
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Ecclesiastes 8:15So I recommend happiness, because a man has no better thing under the sun than to eat and drink and to be happy. It is happiness that will accompany him in his labor for all the days of his life that God has given him under the sun.
Zechariah 11:13Then Yahweh said to me, “Deposit the silver in the treasury, the excellent price at which they valued you!” So I took the thirty pieces of silver and deposited them in the treasury in the house of Yahweh.
Matthew 26:15and said, “What are you willing to give me to deliver him to you?” They weighed out thirty pieces of silver for him.
Acts 13:41'Look, you despisers, and be astonished and then perish; 1 For I am doing a work in your days, 1 A work that you shall never believe, even if someone announces it to you.'”
Philippians 3:18Many are walking—those about whom I have often told you, and now I am telling you with tears—as enemies of the cross of Christ.
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 →