Genesis 25:32
And Esau sayd, Lo, I am almost dead, what is then this birthright to me?
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me?
In Context
31And Iaakob sayd, Sell me euen nowe thy birthright.
33Iaakob then said, Sweare to me euen now. And he sware to him, and solde his birthright vnto Iaakob.
Cross References
Job 21:15Who is the Almightie, that we should serue him? and what profit should we haue, if we should pray vnto him?
Job 34:9For he hath saide, It profiteth a man nothing that he should walke 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 →