Genesis 25:29-34

29 Iacob sod potage and Esau came from the feld and was faine

30 and sayd to Iacob: let me syppe of yt redde potage for I am fayntie. And therfore was his name called Edom.

31 And Iacob sayde: sell me this daye thy byrthrighte.

32 And Esau answered: Loo I am at the poynte to dye and what profit shall this byrthrighte do me?

33 And Iacob sayde swere to me then this daye. And he swore to him and sold his byrthrighte vnto Iacob.

34 Than Iacob gaue Esau brede and potage of redde ryse. And he ate and dronke and rose vp and went his waye. And so Esau regarded not his byrthrighte.

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.