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Esau should have inherited the responsibilities and blessings that come with being the oldest son, but he rashly sold his birthright to his younger brother for a pot of stew. Later, in an elaborate act of deception, Rebekah and her favourite son, Jacob, tricked the elderly and blind Isaac.
eBibles • Free Downloads • Audio. Genesis 25:34 . Audio Crossref Comm Hebrew. Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version. Then Jacob gave Esau some bread and some lentil stew. He ate and drank, and then got up and left. So Esau despised his birthright. New Living Translation. Then Jacob gave Esau some bread and lentil stew.
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.”
Esau Sells His Birthright - Once when Jacob was boiling pottage, Esau came in from the field, and he was famished. And Esau said to Jacob, “Let me eat some of that red pottage, for I am famished!” ...
Esau Sells His Birthright - 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. Isaac loved Esau because he enjoyed ...
Genesis 25:34 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.
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.
