Genesis 25:32

Esau answered, Lo! I die, what shall the first begotten things profit to me? (And Esau answered, Behold! I am starving right now, and what good is my birthright to me!)

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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 to him, Sell to me the right (s) of the first begotten child. (And Jacob said to him, First sell me thy birthright or First sell me the rights of the first-born child.)

33Jacob said, Therefore swear thou to me. Therefore Esau swore, and sold the first engendered things. (And Jacob said, And so swear thou to me. And so Esau swore to Jacob, and sold him his birthright.)

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Cross References

Job 21:15Who is Almighty God, that we serve him? and what profiteth it to us, if we pray (to) him?

Job 34:9For he said, A man shall not please God, yea, though he run with God. (For he said, Yea, though one may run with God, he still shall not please 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 →

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