Genesis 25:34

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Then Jacob gave him bread and soup; and he took food and drink and went away, caring little for his birthright.

Additional Resources

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 106:24 : 24 They were disgusted with the good land; they had no belief in his word;
  • Eccl 8:15 : 15 So I gave praise to joy, because there is nothing better for a man to do under the sun than to take meat and drink and be happy; for that will be with him in his work all the days of his life which God gives him under the sun.
  • Isa 22:13 : 13 But in place of these there was joy and delight, oxen and sheep were being made ready for food, there was feasting and drinking: men said, Now is the time for food and wine, for tomorrow death comes.
  • Zech 11:13 : 13 And the Lord said to me, Put it into the store-house, the price at which I was valued by them. And I took the thirty shekels of silver and put them into the store-house in the house of the Lord.
  • Matt 22:5 : 5 But they gave no attention, and went about their business, one to his farm, another to his trade:
  • Matt 26:15 : 15 What will you give me, if I give him up to you? And the price was fixed at thirty bits of silver.
  • Luke 14:18-20 : 18 And they all gave reasons why they were not able to come. The first said to him, I have got a new field, and it is necessary for me to go and see it: I am full of regret that I am unable to come. 19 And another said, I have got some cattle, and I am going to make a test of them: I am full of regret that I am unable to come. 20 And another said, I have been married, and so I am not able to come.
  • Acts 13:41 : 41 See, you doubters, have wonder and come to your end; for I will do a thing in your days to which you will not give belief, even if it is made clear to you.
  • 1 Cor 15:32 : 32 If, after the way of men, I was fighting with beasts at Ephesus, what profit is it to me? If the dead do not come to life again, let us take our pleasure in feasting, for tomorrow we come to an end.
  • Phil 3:18-19 : 18 For there are those, of whom I have given you word before, and do so now with sorrow, who are haters of the cross of Christ; 19 Whose end is destruction, whose god is the stomach, and whose glory is in their shame, whose minds are fixed on the things of the earth.
  • Heb 12:16-17 : 16 And that there may not be any evil liver, or any man without respect for God, like Esau, who let his birthright go for a plate of food. 17 For you have knowledge that even long after, when he was desiring the blessing for his heritage, he was turned away, though he made his request frequently and with weeping; because the past might not be changed.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Gen 25:27-33
    7 verses
    84%

    27 And the boys came to full growth; and Esau became a man of the open country, an expert bowman; but Jacob was a quiet man, living in tents.

    28 Now Isaac's love was for Esau, because Esau's meat was greatly to his taste: but Rebekah had more love for Jacob.

    29 And one day Jacob was cooking some soup when Esau came in from the fields in great need of food;

    30 And Esau said to Jacob, Give me a full meal of that red soup, for I am overcome with need for food: for this reason he was named Edom.

    31 And Jacob said, First of all give me your birthright.

    32 And Esau said, Truly, I am at the point of death: what profit is the birthright to me?

    33 And Jacob said, First of all give me your oath; and he gave him his oath, handing over his birthright to Jacob.

  • 16 And that there may not be any evil liver, or any man without respect for God, like Esau, who let his birthright go for a plate of food.

  • Gen 27:34-37
    4 verses
    75%

    34 And hearing the words of his father, Esau gave a great and bitter cry, and said to his father, Give a blessing to me, even to me, O my father!

    35 And he said, Your brother came with deceit, and took away your blessing.

    36 And he said, Is it because he is named Jacob that he has twice taken my place? for he took away my birthright, and now he has taken away my blessing. And he said, Have you not kept a blessing for me?

    37 And Isaac answering said, But I have made him your master, and have given him all his brothers for servants; I have made him strong with grain and wine: what then am I to do for you, my son?

  • 41 So Esau was full of hate for Jacob because of his father's blessing; and he said in his heart, The days of weeping for my father are near; then I will put my brother Jacob to death.

  • Gen 27:30-31
    2 verses
    75%

    30 And when Isaac had come to the end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob had not long gone away from Isaac his father, Esau came in from the field.

    31 And he made ready a meal, good to the taste, and took it to his father, and said to him, Let my father get up and take of his son's meat, so that you may give me a blessing.

  • 19 And Jacob said, I am Esau, your oldest son; I have done as you said: come now, be seated and take of my meat, so that you may give me a blessing.

  • 25 And he said, Put it before me and I will take of my son's meat, so that I may give you a blessing. And he put it before him and he took it; and he gave him wine, and he had a drink.

  • 17 And she gave into the hand of Jacob, her son, the meat and the bread which she had made ready.

  • 9 But Esau said, I have enough; keep what is yours, my brother, for yourself.

  • Gen 27:14-15
    2 verses
    71%

    14 So he went and got them and took them to his mother: and she made a meal to his father's taste.

    15 And Rebekah took the fair robes of her oldest son, which were with her in the house, and put them on Jacob, her younger son:

  • 5 Now Isaac's words to his son were said in Rebekah's hearing. Then Esau went out to get the meat.

  • 11 Take my offering then, with my blessing; for God has been very good to me and I have enough: so at his strong request, he took it.