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Genesis 25:32

Esau
TemptationSelf-control

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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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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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?”
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?

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Job 34:9

    For he has said, ‘It profits a man nothing that he should delight in God.’

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  • Job 22:17

    They said to God, ‘Depart from us. What can the Almighty do to us?’

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  • Job 21:15

    Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him, and what would we gain if we pray to Him?’

    Read in context

  • Malachi 3:14

    You have said, ‘It is futile to serve God. What have we gained by keeping His requirements and walking mournfully before the LORD of Hosts?

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  • Exodus 22:9

    In all cases of illegal possession of an ox, a donkey, a sheep, a garment, or any lost item that someone claims, ‘This is mine,’ both parties shall bring their cases before the judges. The one whom the judges find guilty must pay back double to his neighbor.

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