KJV King James Version
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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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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Then Jacob gave some bread and lentil stew to Esau, who ate and drank and then got up and went away. Thus Esau despised his birthright.
WEB World English Bible
Jacob gave Esau bread and stew of lentils. He ate and drank, rose up, and went his way. So Esau despised his birthright.
ASV American Standard Version
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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and Jacob hath given to Esau bread and pottage of lentiles, and he eateth, and drinketh, and riseth, and goeth; and Esau despiseth the birthright.
Surrounding context — Genesis 25
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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וְיַעֲקֹ֞בH3290 · ya.a.qovJacobנָתַ֣ןH5414 · na.tanto give: giveלְעֵשָׂ֗וH6215 · e.savEsauלֶ֚חֶםH3899 · le.chemfoodוּנְזִ֣ידH5138 · na.zidstewעֲדָשִׁ֔יםH5742 · a.dashlentilוַיֹּ֣אכַלH398 · a.khalto eatוַיֵּ֔שְׁתְּH8354 · sha.tahto drinkוַיָּ֖קָםH6965 · qa.may(Leb)-kamaiוַיֵּלַ֑ךְH1980 · ha.lakhto go: wentוַיִּ֥בֶזH959 · ba.zahto despiseעֵשָׂ֖וH6215 · e.savEsauאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הַבְּכֹרָֽה׃ סH1062 · be.kho.rahbirthright
Cross-references
Hebrews 12:16-17Lest there [be] any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright.Philippians 3:18-19(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:1 Corinthians 15:32If 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.Isaiah 22:13And 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.Matthew 26:15And 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.Acts 13:41Behold, 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.Luke 14:18-20And 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.Psalm 106:24Yea, they despised the pleasant land, they believed not his word:Zechariah 11:13And 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.Matthew 22:5But they made light of [it], and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise:Ecclesiastes 8:15Then 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 him under the sun.
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