Genesis 25:34
And Jacob, having given to Esau bread and a dish of lentils, he did eat and drink and rose up, and went his way,—thus Esau despised his birthright!
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
33And Jacob said, Come swear to me just now! And he sware to him,—and sold his birthright to Jacob.
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 8:15Then extolled I, gladness, in that there was nothing better for a man, under the sun, than to eat and to drink, and to be glad,—since, that, should tarry with him in his toil, for the days of his life which God had given him under the sun.
Zechariah 11:13Then said Yahweh unto me, Cast it into the treasury, the magnificent price at which I had been valued by them! So I took the thirty pieces of silver, and cast them, in the house of Yahweh, into the treasury.
Matthew 26:15and said—What are ye willing to give unto me? and, I, unto you, will deliver him up. And they appointed him thirty pieces of silver.
Acts 13:41See, ye despisers, and marvel, and disappear: in that, a work, am, I, working in your days,—a work, which in nowise will ye believe, though one relate it in full unto you.
Philippians 3:18For, many, are walking—of whom I have often been telling you, and, now, even weeping, am telling,—the enemies of the cross of the 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 →