Genesis 25:31

New King James Version

But Jacob said, “Sell me your birthright as of this day.”

Cross References

Genesis 25:30

And Esau said to Jacob, “Please feed me with that same red stew, for I am weary.” Therefore his name was called Edom.

Genesis 25:32

And Esau said, “Look, I am about to die; so what is this birthright to me?”

Genesis 27:36

And Esau said, “Is he not rightly named Jacob? For he has supplanted me these two times. He took away my birthright, and now look, he has taken away my blessing!” And he said, “Have you not reserved a blessing for me?”

Genesis 32:28

And He said, “Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel; for you have struggled with God and with men, and have prevailed.”

1 Chronicles 5:1

Now the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel—he was indeed the firstborn, but because he defiled his father’s bed, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph, the son of Israel, so that the genealogy is not listed according to the birthright;

1 Chronicles 5:2

yet Judah prevailed over his brothers, and from him came a ruler, although the birthright was Joseph’s—

Deuteronomy 21:16

then it shall be, on the day he bequeaths his possessions to his sons, that he must not bestow firstborn status on the son of the loved wife in preference to the son of the unloved, the true firstborn.

Deuteronomy 21:17

But he shall acknowledge the son of the unloved wife as the firstborn by giving him a double portion of all that he has, for he is the beginning of his strength; the right of the firstborn is his.

Hebrews 12:16

lest there be any fornicator or profane person like Esau, who for one morsel of food sold his birthright.