TheWay Bible
Free on iPhoneStudy, memorize, journal, and pray.
Get the app

Home›Verses by topic›Esau

14 Bible verses about Esau KJV

Esau came in from the field faint and traded the birthright for a meal. Scripture does not blame the hunger — it says he despised it. Hebrews calls him a profane person, and the word is about treating something holy as ordinary.

The verse people usually mean · Genesis 25:34 · KJV

Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised his birthright.

Also called The Birthright · A Mess of Pottage

Each verse is quoted in full — tap a reference to read it in context, see cross references, and study the original words.

Genesis 25:25 · KJV

And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and they called his name Esau.

Genesis 25:27 · KJV

And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents.

Genesis 25:29 · KJV

And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he was faint:

Genesis 25:30 · KJV

And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red pottage; for I am faint: therefore was his name called Edom.

Genesis 25:31 · KJV

And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright.

Genesis 25:32 · KJV

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

Genesis 25:33 · KJV

And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob.

Genesis 25:34 · KJV

Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised his birthright.

Genesis 27:34 · KJV

And when Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a great and exceeding bitter cry, and said unto his father, Bless me, even me also, O my father.

Genesis 27:38 · KJV

And Esau said unto his father, Hast thou but one blessing, my father? bless me, even me also, O my father. And Esau lifted up his voice, and wept.

Genesis 33:4 · KJV

And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept.

Hebrews 12:16 · KJV

Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright.

Hebrews 12:17 · KJV

For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears.

Malachi 1:2 · KJV

I have loved you, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob’s brother? saith the LORD: yet I loved Jacob,

Related topics

All 490 topics →

Keep reading in TheWay Bible App

Read, study, memorize, journal, and pray — tap any word for its Greek or Hebrew definition, save verses to memorize, and keep a journal. Free on the web and iOS.