KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Genesis 25:31–32
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Genesis 25:31
31And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright.
31And Iacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright.
Genesis 25:32
32And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me?
32And Esau said, Behold, I am †at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright doe to me?
- Hebr. going to die.
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DEFINED WORDS
Genesis 25:31
Spoke, declared, reported, commanded, or expressed in words.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
To transfer or give over for a price; to betray or surrender, including giving oneself over to evil, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
The period of light between morning and evening; a complete daily cycle; or a specified time, age, or season, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
APPROVED COMBINED MEANING
birthright
A right, privilege, or inheritance belonging to a person by birth, especially to the firstborn.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
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Genesis 25:32
Spoke, declared, reported, commanded, or expressed in words.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
To look upon or see; as an interjection, look or take notice.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
A sharp end or exact place; a particular matter, moment, or degree; as a verb, to indicate or direct.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Benefit or advantage; also to benefit, improve, or advance.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
APPROVED COMBINED MEANING
birthright
A right, privilege, or inheritance belonging to a person by birth, especially to the firstborn.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
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Open the full verse study15What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
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Open the full verse study17Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them?
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Open the full verse study9For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.
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Open the full verse study14Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the Lord of hosts?
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Open the full verse study9For all manner of trespass, whether it be for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, or for any manner of lost thing, which another challengeth to be his, the cause of both parties shall come before the judges; and whom the judges shall condemn, he shall pay double unto his neighbour.
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