Esau sells his birthright to Jacob Genesis 25:19-34

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1 Isaac was forty years old

when he married
Rebekah. Twenty years
passed by and Isaac
prayed to the Lord as his
wife, was childless.

2 The Lord answered his

prayer, and Rebekah
became pregnant. She
felt a lot of movement in
her womb and asked
God, ‘Why is this
happening to me?’

3 The Lord replied, ‘Two

separate nations are in
your womb; one people
will be stronger than the
other, and the elder will
serve the younger.’
4 When the time came for
her to give birth, she
had twin boys. The first
to come out was red,
and his whole body was
hairy, so they named
him Esau.

5 After this, his brother

came out, with his hand
grasping Esau’s heel. He
was named Jacob. Esau
as the firstborn would
get the birthright that
God had promised to
Abraham.

6 The boys grew up, and

Esau became a skillful
hunter who loved to be
in the open country,
while Jacob was content
to stay at home among
the tents.

7 Isaac, who had a taste

for wild game, loved
Esau, but Rebekah loved
Jacob.

8 One day Esau set out on

a long hunting trip.
9 Jacob remained at home
and cooked a lentil stew.

10 Esau arrived hungry and

exhausted from his
hunting trip. ‘Quick, let
me have some of that
red stew! I’m famished!’
he asked Jacob.

11 Jacob replied, ‘First sell

me your birthright.’

12 ‘Look, I am about to die,’

Esau said. ‘What good is
the birthright to me?’
Jacob said, ‘Swear to me
first that you will sell me
your birthright.’

13 So he swore an oath to
him, selling his birthright
to Jacob.
14 Jacob gave Esau some
bread and some lentil
stew. He ate and drank,
and then got up and left.
So Esau despised his
birthright. He did not
care about God’s
promise to make a great
nation from his
descendants, one of
whom would be the
Saviour of the world.

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