Genesis 25:32
And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me?
Updated King James Version
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, Sell me this day your birthright.
33And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he swore unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob.
Cross References
Job 21:15What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
Job 34:9For he has said, It profits a man nothing that he should delight himself 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 →