Genesis 25:33

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

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

Cross References

Genesis 14:22

Abram answered: The LORD God Most High made the heavens and the earth. And I have promised him

Genesis 24:3

in the name of the LORD, who rules heaven and earth, that you won't choose a wife for my son Isaac from the people here in the land of Canaan.

Genesis 25:32

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

Genesis 25:34

Jacob then gave Esau some bread and some of the bean stew, and when Esau had finished eating and drinking, he just got up and left, showing how little he thought of his rights as the firstborn.

Genesis 27:1

After Isaac had become old and almost blind, he called in his firstborn son Esau, who asked him, “Father, what can I do for you?”

Genesis 27:32

“Who are you?” Isaac asked. “I am Esau, your firstborn son.”

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?”

Mark 6:23

I swear that I will give you as much as half of my kingdom, if you want it.”

Hebrews 12:16

Watch out for immoral and ungodly people like Esau, who sold his future blessing for only one meal.

Hebrews 6:16

When anyone wants to settle an argument, they make a vow by using the name of someone or something greater than themselves.