Genesis 25:34
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.
KJV
Et sic, accepto pane et lentis edulio, comedit et bibit, et abiit, parvipendens quod primogenita vendidisset.
Vulgate
Ἰακὼβ δὲ ἔδωκεν τῷ Ἠσαὺ ἄρτον καὶ ἕψεμα φακοῦ· καὶ ἔφαγεν καὶ ἔπιεν, καὶ ἀναστὰς ᾤχετο· καὶ ἐφαύλισεν Ἠσαὺ τὰ πρωτοτοκεῖα.
LXX
And Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentils; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: so Esau despised his birthright.
ASV
וְ/יַעֲקֹ֞ב נָתַ֣ן לְ/עֵשָׂ֗ו לֶ֚חֶם וּ/נְזִ֣יד עֲדָשִׁ֔ים וַ/יֹּ֣אכַל וַ/יֵּ֔שְׁתְּ וַ/יָּ֖קָם וַ/יֵּלַ֑ךְ וַ/יִּ֥בֶז עֵשָׂ֖ו אֶת הַ/בְּכֹרָֽה
Hebrew
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13 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
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…
Having manifested what he was and what he is, he shows the great fruit of his confession; and being about to examine by what method God and the happy life may be found, he enlarges on the nature and power of memory. Then he examines his own acts, thoughts and affections, viewed under the threefold division of temptation; and commemorates the Lord, the one mediator of God and me…
Cross-references
- 1Cor 15:32 — If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not? let us eat and drink; for to morrow we die.
- Acts 13:41 — Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish: for I work a work in your days, a work which ye shall in no wise believe, though a man declare it unto you.
- Eccl 8:15 — Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth
- Heb 12:16 — Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright.
- Isa 22:13 — And behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating flesh, and drinking wine: let us eat and drink; for to morrow we shall die.
- Luke 14:18 — And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it: I pray thee have me excused.
- Matt 22:5 — But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise:
- Matt 26:15 — And said unto them, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver.
- Phil 3:18 — (For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ:
- Ps 106:24 — Yea, they despised the pleasant land, they believed not his word:
- Zech 11:13 — And the LORD said unto me, Cast it unto the potter: a goodly price that I was prised at of them. And I took the thirty pieces of silver, and cast them to the potter in the house of the LORD.