Scripture · Old Testament
Genesis 25:32
Genesis 25:32 is verse 32 of Genesis chapter 25, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
“Look,” said Esau, “I am about to die, so what good is a birthright to me?”
King James Version
And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me?
World English Bible
Esau said, “Behold, I am about to die. What good is the birthright to me?”
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Genesis 25:30–34 · Berean Standard Bible
30 He said to Jacob, “Let me eat some of that red stew, for I am famished.” (That is why he was also called Edom.)
31 “First sell me your birthright,” Jacob replied.
32 “Look,” said Esau, “I am about to die, so what good is a birthright to me?”
33 “Swear to me first,” Jacob said. So Esau swore to Jacob and sold him the birthright.
34 Then Jacob gave some bread and lentil stew to Esau, who ate and drank and then got up and went away. Thus Esau despised his birthright.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Job 21:15Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him, and what would we gain if we pray to Him?’
Job 22:17They said to God, ‘Depart from us. What can the Almighty do to us?’
Job 34:9For he has said, ‘It profits a man nothing that he should delight in God.’
Malachi 3:14You have said, ‘It is futile to serve God. What have we gained by keeping His requirements and walking mournfully before the LORD of Hosts?
Exodus 22:9In all cases of illegal possession of an ox, a donkey, a sheep, a garment, or any lost item that someone claims, ‘This is mine,’ both parties shall bring their cases before the judges. The one whom the judges find guilty must pay back double to his neighbor.