Genesis 25:32
And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me?
King James Version
In Context
31And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright.
33And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob.
Cross References
Job 21:15What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
Job 34:9For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.
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 →