Genesis 25:32

World English Bible (2000)

Esau said, "Behold, I am about to die. What good is the birthright to me?"

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  • Exod 22:9 : 9 For every matter of trespass, whether it be for ox, for donkey, for sheep, for clothing, or for any kind of lost thing, about which one says, 'This is mine,' the cause of both parties shall come before God. He whom God condemns shall pay double to his neighbor.
  • Job 21:15 : 15 What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? What profit should we have, if we pray to him?'
  • Job 22:17 : 17 who 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 that he should delight himself with God.'
  • Mal 3:14 : 14 You have said, 'It is vain to serve God;' and 'What profit is it that we have followed his instructions, and that we have walked mournfully before Yahweh of Armies?

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