Genesis 25:32

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

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

Cross References

Genesis 25:31

Jacob replied, “Sell me your rights as the firstborn 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 firstborn son, and now he has cheated me out of my blessing.” Then Esau asked his father, “Don't you still have any blessing left for me?”

Job 21:15

What do we gain from praying and worshipping you?

Job 22:17

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

Job 34:9

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

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.

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 him and from going around looking sad?