KJV King James Version
And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob.
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Genesis 25:33
And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
“Swear to me first,” Jacob said. So Esau swore to Jacob and sold him the birthright.
WEB World English Bible
Jacob said, “Swear to me first.” He swore to him. He sold his birthright to Jacob.
ASV American Standard Version
And Jacob said, Swear to me first; and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and Jacob saith, ‘Swear to me to-day:’ and he sweareth to him, and selleth his birthright to Jacob;
Surrounding context — Genesis 25
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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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיֹּ֣אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayיַעֲקֹ֗בH3290 · ya.a.qovJacobהִשָּׁ֤בְעָהH7650 · sha.vato swearלִּי֙H9030 · nimeכַּיּ֔וֹםH3117 · yomdayוַיִּשָּׁבַ֖עH7650 · sha.vato swearל֑וֹH9033 · ohimוַיִּמְכֹּ֥רH4376 · ma.kharto sellאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]בְּכֹרָת֖וֹH1062 · be.kho.rahbirthrightלְיַעֲקֹֽב׃H3290 · ya.a.qovJacob
Cross-references
Hebrews 12:16Lest there [be] any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright.Hebrews 6:16For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation [is] to them an end of all strife.Genesis 27:36And 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 a blessing for me?Mark 6:23And he sware unto her, Whatsoever thou shalt ask of me, I will give [it] thee, unto the half of my kingdom.Genesis 36:6-7And 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 into the country from the face of his brother Jacob.Genesis 24:3And 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:Genesis 14:22And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the LORD, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth,
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