Genesis 25:31

The Scriptures 2009

But Ya‛aqoḇ said, “Sell me your birthright today.”

Cross References

Genesis 25:30

And Ěsaw said to Ya‛aqoḇ, “Please feed me with that same red stew, for I am weary.” That is why his name was called Eḏom.

Genesis 25:32

And Ěsaw said, “Look, I am going to die, so why should I have birthright?”

Genesis 27:36

And Ěsaw said, “Was his name, then, called Ya‛aqoḇ? For he has caught me by the heel these two times. He took my birthright, and see, now he has taken my blessing!” And he said, “Have you not reserved a blessing for me?”

Genesis 32:28

And He said, “Your name is no longer called Ya‛aqoḇ, but Yisra’ĕl, because you have striven with Elohim and with men, and have overcome.”

1 Chronicles 5:1

As for the sons of Re’uḇĕn the first-born of Yisra’ĕl – he was the first-born, but because he profaned his father’s bed, his birthright was given to the sons of Yosĕph, son of Yisra’ĕl, so that the genealogy is not listed according to the birthright,

1 Chronicles 5:2

for Yehuḏah prevailed over his brothers, and from him came a ruler, although the birthright was Yosĕph’s –

Deuteronomy 21:16

then it shall be, on the day he makes his sons to inherit his possessions, he is not allowed to treat the son of the beloved wife as first-born in the face of the son of the unloved, who is truly the first-born.

Deuteronomy 21:17

“But he is to acknowledge the son of the unloved wife as the first-born by giving him a double portion of all that he has, for he is the beginning of his strength – the right of the first-born is his.

Hebrews 12:16

lest there be anyone who whores, or profane one, like Ěsaw, who for a single meal sold his birthright.