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Genesis 25:33

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Jacob said, ‘Swear to me first.’ So he swore to Jacob and sold his birthright to him.

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And make sure that there isn’t any immoral  or irreverent  person like Esau, who sold his birthright in exchange for a single meal.


For people swear by something greater than themselves, and for them a confirming oath ends every dispute.


So he said, ‘Isn’t he rightly named Jacob?  , For he has cheated me twice now. He took my birthright, and look, now he has taken my blessing.’ Then he asked, ‘Haven’t you saved a blessing for me? ’


He promised her with an  oath:  ‘Whatever you ask me I will give you, up to half my kingdom.’


and I will have you swear by the Lord, God of heaven and God of earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I live,


But Abram said to the king of Sodom, ‘I have raised my hand in an oath to the Lord, God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth,


‘Look,’ said Esau, ‘I’m about to die, so what good is a birthright to me? ’


Then Jacob gave bread and lentil stew to Esau; he ate, drank, got up, and went away. So Esau despised his birthright.


When Isaac was old and his eyes were so weak that he could not see,  he called his elder son Esau and said to him, ‘My son.’ And he answered, ‘Here I am.’


But his father Isaac said to him, ‘Who are you? ’ He answered, ‘I am Esau your firstborn son.’





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