King James Version (KJV)
Genesis 25:31
“And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright.”
Verse in context — Genesis 25
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And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he [was] faint:
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And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red [pottage]; for I [am] faint: therefore was his name called Edom.
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And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright.
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And Esau said, Behold, I [am] at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me?
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And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob.
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The book of beginnings, describing creation, humanity’s fall, God’s promises, and the patriarchs (Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph).
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