Genesis 25:31
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And Jacob said to him: Sell me thy first birthright.

Context
Esau Sells His Birthright
30Said: Give me of this red pottage, for I am exceeding faint. For which reason his name was called Edom. 31And Jacob said to him: Sell me thy first birthright.32He answered: Lo I die, what will the first birthright avail me?…
Cross References
Genesis 25:30
Said: Give me of this red pottage, for I am exceeding faint. For which reason his name was called Edom.

Genesis 25:32
He answered: Lo I die, what will the first birthright avail me?

Deuteronomy 21:16
And he meaneth to divide his substance among his sons: he may not make the son of the beloved the firstborn, and prefer him before the son of the hated.

Deuteronomy 21:17
But he shall acknowledge the son of the hated for the firstborn, and shall give him a double portion of all he hath: for this is the first of his children, and to him are due the first birthrights.

1 Chronicles 5:1
Now the sons of Ruben the firstborn of Israel, (for he was his firstborn: but forasmuch as he defiled his father's bed, his first birthright was given to the sons of Joseph the son of Israel, and he was not accounted for the firstborn.

1 Chronicles 5:2
But of the race of Juda, who was the strongest among his brethren, came the princes: but the first birthright was accounted to Joseph.)

Lexicon
“First
כַיּ֛וֹם (ḵay·yō·wm)
Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3117: A day

sell
מִכְרָ֥ה (miḵ·rāh)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4376: To sell

me
לִֽי׃ (lî)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew

your birthright,”
בְּכֹֽרָתְךָ֖ (bə·ḵō·rā·ṯə·ḵā)
Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1062: The firstling of man, beast, primogeniture

Jacob
יַעֲקֹ֑ב (ya·‘ă·qōḇ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3290: Jacob -- a son of Isaac, also his desc

replied.
וַיֹּ֖אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say


Additional Translations
“First sell me your birthright,” Jacob replied.And Jacob said, Sell me this day your birthright.

And Jacob said, Sell me first thy birthright.

And Jacob said to Esau, Sell me this day thy birthright.

And Jacob said, Sell me now thy birthright.

And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright.

And Jacob said, Sell to me this day thy birth-right.

Jacob said, "First, sell me your birthright."

and Jacob saith, 'Sell to-day thy birthright to me.'
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