Genesis 25:31
And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright.
And Iacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright.
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Genesis 25:31
Spoke, declared, reported, commanded, or expressed in words.
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1. To transfer for a price. 2. To betray or surrender into another's power.
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Sense 1: Light or the period of light between morning and evening, as distinguished from night. Sense 2: A complete daily cycle. Sense 3: A specified time, occasion, period, age, or season.
Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
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birthright
A right, privilege, or inheritance belonging to a person by birth, especially to the firstborn.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
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30And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red pottage; for I am faint: therefore was his name called Edom.
30And Esau said to Iacob, Feed me, I pray thee, †with that same red pottage: for I am faint; therefore was his name called Edom.
31And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright.
31And Iacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright.
Selected passage32And 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?