Genesis 25:33
And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob.
KJV
Ait Jacob : Jura ergo mihi. Juravit ei Esau et vendidit primogenita.
Vulgate
καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ Ἰακώβ Ὄμοσόν μοι σήμερον. καὶ ὤμοσεν αὐτῷ· ἀπέδοτο δὲ Ἠσαὺ τὰ πρωτοτοκεῖα τῷ Ἰακώβ.
LXX
And Jacob said, Swear to me first; and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob.
ASV
וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר יַעֲקֹ֗ב הִשָּׁ֤בְעָ/ה לִּ/י֙ כַּ/יּ֔וֹם וַ/יִּשָּׁבַ֖ע ל֑/וֹ וַ/יִּמְכֹּ֥ר אֶת בְּכֹרָת֖/וֹ לְ/יַעֲקֹֽב
Hebrew
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In this verse
In the original Hebrew
7 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×
נִשְׁבַּ֥ע
nshb'
verb · 182×
Historic Christian voices
3 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…
He recalls the beginning of his youth, i.e. the thirty-first year of his age, in which very grave errors as to the nature of God and the origin of evil being distinguished, and the Sacred Books more accurately known, he at length arrives at a clear knowledge of God, not yet rightly apprehending Jesus Christ. Chapter 1. He Regarded Not God Indeed Under the Form of a Human Body, …
Cross-references
- Gen 24:3 — And I will make thee swear by the LORD, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell:
- Gen 26:31 — And they rose up betimes in the morning, and sware one to another: and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.
- Gen 27:13 — And his mother said unto him, Upon me be thy curse, my son: only obey my voice, and go fetch me them.
- Gen 27:29 — Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee: be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother’s sons bow down to thee: cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee.
- Gen 27:36 — And he said, Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he hath supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright; and, behold, now he hath taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved
- Gen 36:6 — And Esau took his wives, and his sons, and his daughters, and all the persons of his house, and his cattle, and all his beasts, and all his substance, which he had got in the land of Canaan; and went
- Heb 6:16 — For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife.
- Heb 12:16 — Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright.
- Mark 6:23 — And he sware unto her, Whatsoever thou shalt ask of me, I will give it thee, unto the half of my kingdom.