Genesis 25:33

New American Bible - revised edition

But Jacob said, “Swear to me first!” So he sold Jacob his right as firstborn under oath.

Cross References

Genesis 14:22

But Abram replied to the king of Sodom: “I have sworn to the Lord, God Most High, the creator of heaven and earth,

Genesis 24:3

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

Genesis 25:32

“Look,” said Esau, “I am on the point of dying. What good is the right as firstborn to me?”

Genesis 25:34

Jacob then gave him some bread and the lentil stew; and Esau ate, drank, got up, and went his way. So Esau treated his right as firstborn with disdain.

Genesis 27:1

When Isaac was so old that his eyesight had failed him, he called his older son Esau and said to him, “My son!” “Here I am!” he replied.

Genesis 27:32

His father Isaac asked him, “Who are you?” He said, “I am your son, your firstborn son, Esau.”

Genesis 27:36

Esau exclaimed, “He is well named Jacob, is he not! He has supplanted me twice! First he took away my right as firstborn, and now he has taken away my blessing.” Then he said, “Have you not saved a blessing for me?”

Mark 6:23

He even swore [many things] to her, “I will grant you whatever you ask of me, even to half of my kingdom.”

Hebrews 12:16

that no one be an immoral or profane person like Esau, who sold his birthright for a single meal.

Hebrews 6:16

Human beings swear by someone greater than themselves; for them an oath serves as a guarantee and puts an end to all argument.