Genesis 25:32
And Esau said, Here am I, on the point of dying,—wherefore, then, should I, have, a birthright?
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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 Jacob said,—Come sell, just now, thy birthright unto me.
33And Jacob said, Come swear to me just now! And he sware to him,—and sold his birthright to Jacob.
Cross References
Job 21:15What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? Or what shall we profit, that we should urge him?
Job 34:9For he hath said, It profiteth not a man, when, his good pleasure, is 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 →