Genesis 25:31

The Passion Translation

“Yes, but first you must trade me your birthright,” Jacob replied.

Cross References

Genesis 25:30

Smelling the aroma of food, Esau said to Jacob, “I’m starving! Let me eat some of that red stuff you’re cooking.” (This is why he is also called Edom.)

Genesis 25:32

“Can’t you see I’m dying of hunger?” Esau said. “What good is the birthright if I’m dead?”

Genesis 27:36

Esau exclaimed, “Jacob, that heel grabber —the name fits him perfectly! Now he has tricked me twice! He stole my birthright, and now he’s robbed me of my blessing!” Then he asked, “Father, haven’t you reserved a blessing for me?”

Genesis 32:28

“Not anymore,” the man said to him. “Your new name is Israel, for you have struggled both with God and with people and have overcome.”

Hebrews 12:16

Be careful that no one among you lives in immorality, becoming careless about God’s blessings, like Esau who traded away his rights as the firstborn for a simple meal.