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Genesis 25:31-34
EasyEnglish Bible
Genesis 25:31-34
EasyEnglish Bible
31 Jacob said, ‘You must first sell me your birthright.’[a]
32 Esau said, ‘Look, I am so hungry that I will die. Then my birthright will not help me at all!’
33 Jacob said, ‘First, make a serious promise to me.’ So Esau promised to sell his birthright to Jacob. 34 Then Jacob gave Esau some bread and the soup made from grains. Esau ate the food and he drank. Then he got up and he left.
In that way, Esau showed that he did not think that his birthright was important.[b]
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- 25:31 In the Old Testament, the oldest son had the birthright. This means that he would be the leader of his family when his father died. And he would get two parts of the things that had belonged to his father.
- 25:34 Now Jacob had the birthright. Jacob was the younger son. Jacob would receive God's promise that he had made with Abraham. This promise was also for Isaac. When Isaac died, it would pass to Jacob. This is what God had told Rebekah. See verse 23.
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