Genesis 25:33

Jacob 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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In The King James Version

And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob.

In Context

32Esau 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!)

34And so when he had taken bread and pottage, Esau ate and drank, and went forth, and charged little that he had sold the right (s) of the first begotten child, (or and cared little that he had sold his birthright as the first-born son).

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Cross References

Genesis 14:22And Abram answered to him, I raise [up] mine hand to the high Lord God, Lord of heaven and of earth, (But Abram answered to him, I raise up my hand, and swear to the Lord, the Most High God, the Maker of heaven and earth,)

Genesis 27:36And Esau added, Justly his name is called Jacob, for lo! he [hath] supplanted me (yet) another time; before he took away my first begotten things, and now the second time, he [hath] ravished privily my blessing. And again he said to the father, Whether thou hast not reserved a blessing also to me? (And Esau added, His name is rightly called Jacob, that is, the Heel, or the Supplanter, for behold! now he hath supplanted me the second time; first he took away my birthright as the first-born son, and now he hath cheated me out of my blessing. And again he said to his father, Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me?)

Mark 6:23And he swore to her, That whatever thou ask, I shall give (it) to thee, though it be (even) half of my kingdom.

Hebrews 12:16that no man be (a) lecher, either unholy, as Esau (was), which for one [meal’s] meat sold his first things, [or (his) heritage], (or who for the food of one meal sold his birthright, or his inheritance).

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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