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Genesis 25:32

Esau
TemptationSelf-control

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.

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 Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: 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 hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.

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  • Job 22:17

    Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them?

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  • Job 21:15

    What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?

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  • Malachi 3:14

    Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the LORD of hosts?

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  • Exodus 22:9

    For all manner of trespass, whether it be for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, or for any manner of lost thing, which another challengeth to be his, the cause of both parties shall come before the judges; and whom the judges shall condemn, he shall pay double unto his neighbour.

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