Genesis 25:32
And Esau answered: Loo I am at the poynte to dye and what profit shall this byrthrighte do me?
William Tyndale Bible (1525/1530)
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 Iacob sayde: sell me this daye thy byrthrighte.
33And Iacob sayde swere to me then this daye. And he swore to him and sold his byrthrighte vnto Iacob.
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 →