Esau Sells His Birthright
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Now Jacob cooked a stew; and Esau came in from the field, and he was weary.
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And Esau said to Jacob, "Please feed me with that same red stew, for I am weary." Therefore his name was called Edom.
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But Jacob said, "Sell me your birthright as of this day."
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And Esau said, "Look, I am about to die; so k what is this birthright to me?"
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Then Jacob said, "Swear to me as of this day." So he swore to him, and l sold his birthright to Jacob.
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And Jacob gave Esau bread and stew of lentils; then m he ate and drank, arose, and went his way. Thus Esau n despised his birthright.
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Cross References
Matthew 16:26
For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?
Mark 8:36
For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul?
Mark 8:37
Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?
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Cross References
Hebrews 12:16
Lest there be any fornicator or profane person like Esau, who for one morsel of food sold his birthright.
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Cross References
Ecclesiastes 8:15
So I commended enjoyment, because a man has nothing better under the sun than to eat, drink, and be merry; for this will remain with him in his labor all the days of his life which God gives him under the sun.
Isaiah 22:13
But instead, joy and gladness, Slaying oxen and killing sheep, Eating meat and drinking wine: "Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!
1 Corinthians 15:32
If, in the manner of men, I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantage is it to me? If the dead do not rise, "Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!
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Cross References
Hebrews 12:16
Lest there be any fornicator or profane person like Esau, who for one morsel of food sold his birthright.
Hebrews 12:17
For you know that afterward, when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no place for repentance, though he sought it diligently with tears.
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