Esau Sells His Birthright
29 zOnce when Jacob was cooking stew, Esau came in from the field, and he was exhausted. 30 And Esau said to Jacob, “Let me eat some of that red stew, for I am exhausted!” (Therefore his name was called Edom.1) 31 aJacob said, “Sell me your birthright now.” 32 Esau said, “I am about to die; of what use is a birthright to me?” 33 Jacob said, “Swear to me now.” So he swore to him and sold his birthright to Jacob. 34 Then Jacob gave Esau bread and lentil stew, and he ate and drank and rose and went his way. Thus Esau despised his birthright.
14 pStrive for peace with everyone, and for the qholiness without which no one will see the Lord. 15 See to it that no one fails to obtain the grace of God; that no r“root of bitterness” springs up and causes trouble, and by it many become defiled; 16 that no one is ssexually immoral or unholy like Esau, twho sold his birthright for a single meal. 17 For you know that uafterward, when he desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no chance to repent, though he sought it with tears.
