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Genesis 25:32
And Esau said, Behold, I [am] at the point to die: and what profit shall this birth-right bring to me?
Genesis 25:32 · Webster Bible
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Genesis 25:32 in other translations
And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me?
“Look,” said Esau, “I am about to die, so what good is a birthright to me?”
Esau said, “Behold, I am about to die. What good is the birthright to me?”
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In context
29 And Jacob boiled pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he [was] faint.
30 And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red [pottage]; for I [am] faint: therefore was his name called Edom.
31 And Jacob said, Sell to me this day thy birth-right.
32 And Esau said, Behold, I [am] at the point to die: and what profit shall this birth-right bring to me?
33 And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he swore to him: and he sold his birth-right to Jacob.
34 Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he ate and drank, and rose and went his way: thus Esau despised [his] birth-right.
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