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9 cze 2023 · When Esau requested the stew, Jacob cunningly said, “Sell me your birthright now” (Genesis 25:31). Esau dramatically stated what use would the birthright be since he felt like he was going to die. So Esau swore to Jacob his birthright and Jacob gave his brother bread and lentil stew. After that, it says, “Esau despised his birthright.”
23 gru 2014 · Genesis 25:29-34 tells the story about Esau selling his birthright because he is hungry and despised it. And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he was faint: 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. And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright.
33 Then Jacob said, [b]“Swear to me as of this day.”. So he swore to him, and sold his birthright to Jacob. 34 And Jacob gave Esau bread and stew of lentils; then he ate and drank, arose, and went his way. Thus Esau despised his birthright. Read full chapter.
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.
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.
The birthright was Esau’s by God’s gift, not by his own merit. Hence it symbolized eternal blessing. Esau’s repudiation of the unseen and intangible, for the sake of immediate self-gratification, is the symbol of a large proportion of human sin and thoughtlessness.
NLT But Jacob said, 'First you must swear that your birthright is mine.'. So Esau swore an oath, thereby selling all his rights as the firstborn to his brother, Jacob. KJV And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob.
