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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
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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,
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