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Genesis 25:33
Jacob said: Swear therefore to me. Esau swore to him, and sold his first birthright.
Genesis 25:33 · Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner)
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Genesis 25:33 in other translations
And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob.
“Swear to me first,” Jacob said. So Esau swore to Jacob and sold him the birthright.
Jacob said, “Swear to me first.” He swore to him. He sold his birthright to Jacob.
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In context
30 Said: Give me of this red pottage, for I am exceeding faint. For which reason his name was called Edom.
31 And Jacob said to him: Sell me thy first birthright.
32 He answered: Lo I die, what will the first birthright avail me?
33 Jacob said: Swear therefore to me. Esau swore to him, and sold his first birthright.
34 And so taking bread and the pottage of lentils, he ate, and drank, and went on his way; making little account of having sold his first birthright.
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