Genesis 25:32

KJV1611 – Modern English

And Esau said, Behold, I am about to die; and what profit shall this birthright be to me?

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  • Exod 22:9 : 9 For every kind of trespass, whether it is for ox, donkey, sheep, clothing, or any lost thing that another claims to be his, both parties shall come before the judges; and he whom the judges convict shall pay double to his neighbor.
  • Job 21:15 : 15 Who is the Almighty that we should serve Him? And what profit do we have if we pray to Him?
  • Job 22:17 : 17 They said to God, 'Depart from us,' and 'What can the Almighty do for us?'
  • Job 34:9 : 9 For he has said, It profits a man nothing to delight himself in God.
  • Mal 3:14 : 14 You have said, 'It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the LORD of hosts?'.

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    31 And Jacob said, Sell me your birthright as of this day.

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    33 And Jacob said, Swear to me as of this day; and he swore unto him, and he sold his birthright to Jacob.

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    16 Lest there be any fornicator or profane person like Esau, who for one morsel of food sold his birthright.

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    32 And Isaac his father said to him, Who are you? And he said, I am your son, your firstborn Esau.

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