Genesis 25:32
“And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright doe to me?”
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Genesis 25:32 Context
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 Iacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright. 32And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright doe to me? 33And Iacob said, Sweare to mee this day: and he sware to him: and he sold his birthright vnto Iacob. 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.
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And Esau said, Behold, I [am] at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me?
- King James Version
Esau said, "Behold, I am about to die; so of what {use} then is the birthright to me?"
- New American Standard Version (1995)