VERSE STUDY • KJV

Genesis 25:31

And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright.

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And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright.

“First sell me your birthright,” Jacob replied.

Jacob said, “First, sell me your birthright.”

And Jacob said, Sell me first thy birthright.

and Jacob saith, ‘Sell to-day thy birthright to me.’

28 And Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of [his] venison: but Rebekah loved Jacob.

29 And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he [was] faint:

30 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.

31 And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright.

32 And Esau said, Behold, I [am] at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me?

33 And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob.

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.

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HISTORICAL INTERPRETATION

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