Genesis 25:34
32 “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.
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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- BSB
- 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.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- Jacob gave Esau bread and lentil stew. He ate and drank, rose up, and went his way. So Esau despised his birthright.
- ASV
- And Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentils. And he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way. So Esau despised his birthright.
- DARBY
- And Jacob gave Esau bread and the dish of lentils; and he ate and drank, and rose up and went away. Thus Esau despised the birthright.
- BLB
- And Jacob gave to Esau bread and stew of lentils, and he ate and he drank, and he arose and went; and Esau despised the birthright.
- ÅB
- Og Jakob gav Esau brød og linsevelling, og han spiste og drakk og sto opp og gikk sin vei. Slik ringeaktet Esau førstefødselsretten.
[^1]: d.e. den lodne.
[^2]: d.e. han holder i hælen.
[^3]: d.e. den røde. - OTB
- Så ga Jakob Esau brød og linsesuppe. Han spiste og drakk, reiste seg og gikk. Slik foraktet Esau sin førstefødselsrett.
- B1930
- Og Jakob gav Esau brød og linsevelling, og han åt og drakk og stod op og gikk sin vei. Således ringeaktet Esau førstefødselsretten.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Hebrews 12:16–17
See to it that no one is sexually immoral, or is godless like Esau, who for a single meal sold his birthright.
Read in contextPhilippians 3:18–19
For as I have often told you before, and now say again even with tears: Many live as enemies of the cross of Christ.
Read in contextMatthew 26:15
and asked, “What are you willing to give me if I hand Him over to you?” And they set out for him thirty pieces of silver.
Read in contextIsaiah 22:13
But look, there is joy and gladness, butchering of cattle and slaughtering of sheep, eating of meat and drinking of wine: “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!”
Read in context1 Corinthians 15:32
If I fought wild beasts in Ephesus for human motives, what did I gain? If the dead are not raised, “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.”
Read in contextMatthew 22:5
But they paid no attention and went away, one to his field, another to his business.
Read in contextActs 13:41
‘Look, you scoffers, wonder and perish! For I am doing a work in your days that you would never believe, even if someone told you.’”
Read in contextLuke 14:18–20
But one after another they all began to make excuses. The first one said, ‘I have bought a field, and I need to go see it. Please excuse me.’
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