Genesis 25:31

And Iacob sayde: sell me this daye thy byrthrighte.

William Tyndale Bible (1525/1530)

In The King James Version

And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright.

In Context

30and sayd to Iacob: let me syppe of yt redde potage for I am fayntie. And therfore was his name called Edom.

32And Esau answered: Loo I am at the poynte to dye and what profit shall this byrthrighte do me?

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Cross References

Genesis 32:28And he sayde: thou shalt be called Iacob nomore but Israell. For thou hast wrastled with God and with men ad hast preuayled.

Hebrews 12:16and that there be no fornicator or vnclene person as Esau which for one breakfast solde his birthright.

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 →

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