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Genesis 25:32

Esau
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30 He said to Jacob, “Let me eat some of that red stew, for I am famished.” (That is why he was also called Edom.)

31 “First sell me your birthright,” Jacob replied.

“Look,” said Esau, “I am about to die, so what good is a birthright to me?”

33 “Swear to me first,” Jacob said. So Esau swore to Jacob and sold him the birthright.

34 Then Jacob gave some bread and lentil stew to Esau, who ate and drank and then got up and went away. Thus Esau despised his birthright.

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ÅB
Esau svarte: Jeg holder på å dø; hva skal jeg da med førstefødselsretten?
OTB
Esau sa: "Jeg er ved døden; hva nytte har jeg av førstefødselsretten?"
B1930
Esau svarte: Jeg holder på å dø; hvad skal jeg da med førstefødselsretten?
BSB
“Look,” said Esau, “I am about to die, so what good is a birthright to me?”
KJV
And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me?
WEB
Esau said, “Behold, I am about to die. What good is the birthright to me?”
ASV
And Esau said, Behold, I am about to die. And what profit shall the birthright do to me?
DARBY
And Esau said, Behold, I am going to die, and of what use can the birthright be to me?
BLB
And Esau said, “Behold, I [am] going to die; and for what [is] this birthright to me?”

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