32And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me?
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Ye 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?
Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them?
What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.
For 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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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…
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