Genesis 25:31
Jacob said, “First, sell me your birthright.”
World English Bible British with Deuterocanon
In The King James Version
And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright.
In Context
32Esau said, “Behold, I am about to die. What good is the birthright to me?”
Cross References
Genesis 32:28He said, “Your name will no longer be called Jacob, but Israel; for you have fought with God and with men, and have prevailed.”
Hebrews 12:16lest there be any sexually immoral person or profane person, like Esau, who sold his birthright for one meal.
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 →