Genesis 25:31 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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³¹And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright.

Genesis 25:31 —

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Amusements and Worldly Pleasures Animals Birthright Care Carnal Mindedness Consecrated Things Covetousness Eating

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 29-34)

We have here a bargain made between Jacob and Esau about the birthright, which was Esau’s by providence but Jacob’s by promise. It was a spiritual privilege, including the excellency of dignity and the excellency of power, as well as the double portion, Gen. 49:3. It seemed to be such a birthright as had then the blessing annexed to it, and the entail of the promise. Now see, I. Jacob’s pious desi…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 31)

31. Jacob said, Sell me ... thy birthright--that is, the rights and privileges of the first-born, which were very important, the chief being that they were the family priests (Ex 4:22) and had a double portion of the inheritance (De 21:17).