Genesis 25:29-34

29 Once, Jacob was preparing a meal when Esau, exhausted, came in from outdoors.

30 So Esau said to Jacob, "Let me have the whole pot of red stuff to eat--that red stuff--I'm exhausted." This is why he was called Edom.

31 Jacob responded, "First, sell me your rights as firstborn."

32 "I'm about to die." Esau said. "What good is my inheritance to me?"

33 "First, swear an oath," Jacob said. So Esau swore an oath to him and sold him his rights as firstborn.

34 Then Jacob gave Esau a meal of bread and lentils. He ate and drank, and then he got up and left. This is how Esau showed his contempt for his rights as firstborn.

Genesis 25:29-34 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO GENESIS 25

This chapter contains an account of Abraham's marriage with another woman, and of the children he had by her and of their posterity Ge 25:1-4; of Abraham's disposal of his substance; and his sons, Ge 25:5,6; of the years of his life, his death and burial, Ge 25:7-11; of the children of Ishmael, and of the years of his life, and of his death, Ge 25:12-18; and of the sons of Isaac the fruit of prayer, and of the oracle concerning them before they were born, and of their temper and disposition, conduct and behaviour, Ge 25:19-34.