Genesis 25:32
And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me?
KJV
Ille respondit : En morior, quid mihi proderunt primogenita ?
Vulgate
εἶπεν δε Ἠσαύ Ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ πορεύομαι τελευτᾷν, καὶ ἵνα τί μοι ταῦτα τὰ πρωτοτοκεῖα;
LXX
And Esau said, Behold, I am about to die: and what profit shall the birthright do to me?
ASV
וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר עֵשָׂ֔ו הִנֵּ֛ה אָנֹכִ֥י הוֹלֵ֖ךְ לָ/מ֑וּת וְ/לָ/מָּה זֶּ֥ה לִ֖/י בְּכֹרָֽה
Hebrew
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In this verse
People
Esau
In the original Hebrew
9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אָנֹכִ֖י
'nky
pronoun · 356×
בְּכֹרָֽה
bkrh
noun · 14×
הִנֵּ֥ה
hnh
pronoun · 838×
הוֹלֵ֣ךְ
hvlk
verb · 507×
הוּ
hv
verb · 834×
זֶּֽה
zh
pronoun · 1173×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
מַה
mh
particle · 745×
עֵשָׂ֔ו
'shv
proper_noun · 97×
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Exod 22:9 — For all manner of trespass, whether it be for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, or for any manner of lost thing, which another challengeth to be his, the cause of both parties shall come before the
- Job 21:15 — What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
- Job 22:17 — Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them?
- Job 34:9 — For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.
- Mal 3:14 — Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the LORD of hosts?
- Rom 3:1 — What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision?