Genesis 25:31
Jacob said, “First, sell me your birthright.”
World English Bible British
In The King James Version
And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright.
In Context
32Esau said, “Behold, I am about to die. What good is the birthright to me?”
Cross References
Genesis 32:28He said, “Your name will no longer be called Jacob, but Israel; for you have fought with God and with men, and have prevailed.”
Hebrews 12:16lest there be any sexually immoral person or profane person, like Esau, who sold his birthright for one meal.
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 →