Genesis 25:32

Contemporary English Version 1995

“I'm about to die,” Esau answered. “What good will those rights do me?”

Cross References

Malachi 3:14

Here is what you have said: “It's foolish to serve the Lord God All-Powerful. What do we get for obeying God and from going around looking sad?

Job 34:9

because he has said, “It doesn't pay to please God.”

Job 22:17

They rejected God All-Powerful, feeling he was helpless,

Job 21:15

What do we gain from praying and worshiping you?

Exodus 22:9

Suppose two people claim to own the same ox or donkey or sheep or piece of clothing. Then the judges must decide the case, and the guilty person will pay the owner double.

Genesis 25:31

Jacob replied, “Sell me your rights as the first-born son.”

Genesis 25:33

But Jacob said, “Promise me your birthrights, here and now!” And that's what Esau did.

Genesis 27:36

Esau replied, “My brother deserves the name Jacob, because he has already cheated me twice. The first time he cheated me out of my rights as the first-born son, and now he has cheated me out of my blessing.” Then Esau asked his father, “Don't you have any blessing left for me?”