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Esau Sells His Birthright - Once when Jacob was cooking stew, Esau came in from the field, and he was exhausted. And Esau said to Jacob, “Let me eat some of that red stew, for I am exhausted!” (Therefore ...
New Living Translation. Make sure that no one is immoral or godless like Esau, who traded his birthright as the firstborn son for a single meal. English Standard Version. that no one is sexually immoral or unholy like Esau, who sold his birthright for a single meal. Berean Standard Bible.
Genesis 25:33 . Audio Crossref Comm Hebrew. Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version. But Jacob said, “Swear to me first.” So he swore an oath to him, selling his birthright to Jacob. New Living Translation. But Jacob said, “First you must swear that your birthright is mine.”
Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentils; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised his birthright. eat. Ecclesiastes 8:15
New Living Translation. Esau Sells His Birthright. 27 As the boys grew up, Esau became a skillful hunter. He was an outdoorsman, but Jacob had a quiet temperament, preferring to stay at home. 28 Isaac loved Esau because he enjoyed eating the wild game Esau brought home, but Rebekah loved Jacob.
Esau has sold his birthright for a bowl of bean soup, and Jacob has taken that birthright as his own. Through a combination of Esau's recklessness and Jacob's trickery, this has become an outrageously expensive arrangement for Esau.
Esau quickly swears the oath and sells his firstborn rights. We're amazed at both men here. First, Esau strikes us as a careless fool who would value his birthright so little.
