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ESAU, Sells his birthright for a single meal

Genesis 25:29-34

29. And Jacob sod pottage: and ESAU came from the field, and he was faint:

30. 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.

31. And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright.

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

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

34. 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.

Malachi 1:2

2. 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,

Romans 9:13

13. As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but ESAU have I hated.

Hebrews 12:16

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

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