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

at the point to die.

Job 21:15 Who is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what doth it profit us if we pray to him?

Job 22:17 Who said to God: Depart from us: and looked upon the Almighty as if he could do nothing:

Job 34:9 For he hath said: Man shall not please God, although he run with him.

Malachi 3:14 And you have said: What have we spoken against thee? You have said: He laboureth in vain that serveth God, and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinances, and that we have walked sorrowful before the Lord of hosts?

birthright.

Exodus 22:9 To do any fraud, either in ox, or in ass, or sheep, or raiment, or any thing that may bring damage: the cause of both parties shall come to the gods: and if they give judgment, he shall restore double to his neighbour.

Context
Esau Sells His Birthright
31And Jacob said to him: Sell me thy first birthright. 32He answered: Lo I die, what will the first birthright avail me?33Jacob said: Swear therefore to me. Esau swore to him, and sold his first birthright.…
Cross References
Genesis 25:31
And Jacob said to him: Sell me thy first birthright.

Genesis 25:33
Jacob said: Swear therefore to me. Esau swore to him, and sold his first birthright.

Genesis 27:36
But he said again: Rightly is his name called Jacob; for he hath supplanted me lo this second time: My birthright he took away before, and now this second time he hath stolen away my blessing. And again he said to his father: Hast thou not reserved me also a blessing?

Lexicon
“Look,”
הִנֵּ֛ה (hin·nêh)
Interjection
Strong's Hebrew 2009: Lo! behold!

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

Esau,
עֵשָׂ֔ו (‘ê·śāw)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6215: Esau -- oldest son of Isaac

“I am
אָנֹכִ֥י (’ā·nō·ḵî)
Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 595: I

about to die,
הוֹלֵ֖ךְ (hō·w·lêḵ)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1980: To go, come, walk

so what good
וְלָמָּה־ (wə·lām·māh-)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Interrogative
Strong's Hebrew 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what

is a birthright
בְּכֹרָֽה׃ (bə·ḵō·rāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1062: The firstling of man, beast, primogeniture

to me?”
לִ֖י (lî)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew


Additional Translations
“Look,” said Esau, “I am about to die, so what good is a birthright to me?”And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me?

And Esau said, Behold, I am about to die. And what profit shall the birthright do to me?

And Esau said, Behold, I am going to die, and for what good does this birthright belong to me?

And Esau said, Behold, I am going to die, and of what use can the birthright be to me?

And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit shall the birthright do to me?

And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit shall this birth-right bring to me?

Esau said, "Behold, I am about to die. What good is the birthright to me?"

And Esau saith, 'Lo, I am going to die, and what is this to me -- birthright?'
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