Genesis 25:34

Esau Sells His Birthright

34 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.

  1. 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!
  2. 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.
New King James Version (NKJV) Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc.