Genesis 25:31
And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright.
KJV
Cui dixit Jacob : Vende mihi primogenita tua.
Vulgate
εἶπεν δὲ Ἰακὼβ τῷ Ἠσαύ Ἀπόδου μοι σήμερον τὰ πρωτοτοκεῖά σου ἐμοί.
LXX
And Jacob said, Sell me first thy birthright.
ASV
וַ/יֹּ֖אמֶר יַעֲקֹ֑ב מִכְרָ֥/ה כַ/יּ֛וֹם אֶת בְּכֹֽרָתְ/ךָ֖ לִֽ/י
Hebrew
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In this verse
In the original Hebrew
6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
בְּכֹרָֽה
bkrh
noun · 14×
יַעֲקֹ֖ב
y'qb
proper_noun · 346×
יּ֣וֹם
yvm
noun · 2285×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
ם
m
verb · 74×
Themes
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter. The history of Jacob and Esau is introduced to show the sovereign freedom of God's election. The elder shall serve the younger — this was declared before either had done good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand. Esau's selling his birthright for a mess of pottage shows the profanity of those who de…
Cross-references
- Deut 21:17 — But he shall acknowledge the son of the hated for the firstborn, by giving him a double portion of all that he hath: for he is the beginning of his strength; the right of the firstborn is his.
- Gen 32:28 — And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.
- Heb 12:16 — Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright.