Esau sells his birthright
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Esau grows up a skillful hunter and Jacob a quiet man who stays among the tents. One day Esau comes in from the field exhausted, and Jacob gets him to swear away his birthright for bread and lentil stew. So Esau despises his birthright.
Primary Scripture
25:27 When the boys grew up, Esau became a skillful hunter, a man of the field, while Jacob was a quiet man who stayed at home.
25:28 Because Isaac had a taste for wild game, he loved Esau; but Rebekah loved Jacob.
25:29 One day, while Jacob was cooking some stew, Esau came in from the field and was famished.
25:30 He said to Jacob, “Let me eat some of that red stew, for I am famished.” (That is why he was also called Edom.)
25:31 “First sell me your birthright,” Jacob replied.
25:32 “Look,” said Esau, “I am about to die, so what good is a birthright to me?”
25:33 “Swear to me first,” Jacob said. So Esau swore to Jacob and sold him the birthright.
25:34 Then Jacob gave some bread and lentil stew to Esau, who ate and drank and then got up and went away. Thus Esau despised his birthright.
Related Scripture
Hebrews warns against being like Esau.
Location evidence
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For the class
What does it mean to trade something lasting for something immediate?
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