Genesis 25:33
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And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob.“Swear to me first,” Jacob said. So Esau swore to Jacob and sold him the birthright.
In other translations
And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob.“Swear to me first,” Jacob said. So Esau swore to Jacob and sold him the birthright.
Hebrew words
וַיֹּאמֶרvaiyomerand he saidH559יַעֲקֹבya'akoJacobH3290הִשָּׁבְעָהhishave'ahswear !H7650לִּיlito <the> meכַּיּוֹםkaiyomas the dayH3117וַיִּשָּׁבַעvaiyishava'and he sworeH7650לוֹloto <the> himוַיִּמְכֹּרvaiyimkorand he soldH4376אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853בְּכֹרָתוֹbekhoratobirthright hisH1062לְיַעֲקֹב׃leya'akoto JacobH3290
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Hebrews 12:16Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright.See to it that no one is sexually immoral, or is godless like Esau, who for a single meal sold his birthright.
- Genesis 27:36And he said, Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he hath supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright; and, behold, now he hath taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me?So Esau declared, “Is he not rightly named Jacob? For he has cheated me twice. He took my birthright, and now he has taken my blessing.” Then he asked, “Haven’t you saved a blessing for me?”
- Hebrews 6:16For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife.Men swear by someone greater than themselves, and their oath serves as a confirmation to end all argument.
- Genesis 36:6-76 And Esau took his wives, and his sons, and his daughters, and all the persons of his house, and his cattle, and all his beasts, and all his substance, which he had got in the land of Canaan; and went into the country from the face of his brother Jacob. 7 For their riches were more than that they might dwell together; and the land wherein they were strangers could not bear them because of their cattle.6 Later, Esau took his wives and sons and daughters and all the people of his household, along with his livestock, all his other animals, and all the property he had acquired in Canaan, and he moved to a land far away from his brother Jacob. 7 For their possessions were too great for them to dwell together; the land where they stayed could not support them because of their livestock.
- Mark 6:23And he sware unto her, Whatsoever thou shalt ask of me, I will give it thee, unto the half of my kingdom.And he swore to her, “Whatever you ask of me, I will give you, up to half my kingdom!”
- Genesis 24:3And I will make thee swear by the Lord, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell:and I will have you swear by the LORD, the God of heaven and the God of earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I am dwelling,
- Genesis 14:22And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the Lord, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth,But Abram replied to the king of Sodom, “I have raised my hand to the LORD God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth,
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