Bible verse
“Swear to me first,” Jacob said. So Esau swore to Jacob and sold him the birthright.
Genesis 25:33 · BSB
The verses around it, from Genesis 25.
29 One day, while Jacob was cooking some stew, Esau came in from the field and was famished.
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.
KJV
And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob.
ASV
And Jacob said, Swear to me first; and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob.
ERV
And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob.
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