Genesis 25:33
And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob.
And Iacob said, Sweare to mee this day: and he sware to him: and *he sold his birthright vnto Iacob.
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- *Cross-referenceHebr. 12.16.
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- Hebrews 12:16Rank 1 from verse 33
- Genesis 27:36Rank 2 from verse 33
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?
36And he said, Is not he rightly naned †Iacob? for he hath supplanted me these two times: hee tooke away my birthright, and behold, now he hath taken away my blessing: and hee said, Hast thou not reserued a blessing for mee?
- Hebrews 6:16Rank 3 from verse 33
- Genesis 24:3Rank 4 from verse 33
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:
3And I will make thee sweare by the LORD the God of heauen, and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife vnto my sonne of the daughters of the Canaanites amongst whom I dwell.
- Genesis 36:6–7Rank 5 from verse 33
6And 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.
7For 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.
6And Esau tooke his wiues, and his sonnes, and his daughters, and all the †persons of his house, and his cattell, and all his beasts, and all his substance, which he had got in the lande of Canaan: and went into the countrey from the face of his brother Iacob.
7For their riches were more then that they might dwell together: and the land wherein they were strangers, could not beare them, because of their cattell.
- Genesis 14:22Rank 7 from verse 33
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Genesis 25:33
Spoke, declared, reported, commanded, or expressed in words.
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To make a solemn oath or binding affirmation.
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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
Swore; made a solemn oath or declared with an oath.
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Transferred for a price or gave over.
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birthright
A right, privilege, or inheritance belonging to a person by birth, especially to the firstborn.
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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?
33And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob.
33And Iacob said, Sweare to mee this day: and he sware to him: and *he sold his birthright vnto Iacob.
Selected passage34Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised his birthright.
34Then Iacob gaue Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he did eate and drinke, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised his birthright.