...same red pottage, for I am faint. And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birth-right. And Esau said, Behold I am at the point to die, and what profit shall this birthright do to me ? And Jacob said, Swear unto me this day ; and he sware unto him : and he sold his birthright,...

...was his name called Edom. 31 And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright. с 32 And Esau said, nner of sen-ice of the tabernacle of the house of God. í 49 IT But Aaron a to me ? 33 And Jacob said, Swear to me this day ; and he sware unto him : and he sold his birthright...

...31 And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright8, t ii<*,. going 32 And Esau said, Behold, I am f 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 bHeb.xii.ia unto him : and b he sold...

...himself. He ought not to have taken advantage of bis brother's necessity. "Behold," says Esau, "I nm at the point to die, and what profit shall this birth-right do to me §." — No, if he saw him pro* Dcut. xxi. 17. t Gen. xii. 3. t Heb. xii. 16. § Gen. xxv. 32....

...birthright to be no other than the inheritance of certain worldly possessions ; for he said to Jacob, ".Behold I am at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do me ?" and he sold his birtbright to Jacob, who rightly believed, and who laudably coveted and esteemed...

...called Kdoiu [that is, red]. 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 birth-right do to me? 77 33. " And Jacob said, Swear to me this day ; and he sware unto him : and he sold Ins birth-right...

...brother's necessity; and, ready in his turn to perish, might be constrained to adopt the words of starving Esau, " behold, I am at the point to die, and what profit shall this birthright do to me."* For, although God serves himself of the weaknesses and vices of men, he approves them not,...

...rather than his existence, and the poor negro, when fainting with hunger, thinks, like Esau of old, " Behold, I am at the point to die, and what profit shall this birthright do to me ?" The fourth cause it is, perhaps, less easy to vindicate than either of the foregoing, as it...

...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...

...momentary gratification was present, the birthright blessing was future and unseen. " Behold (said he) I am at the point to die, and what profit shall this birthright be to me ? And Jacob said, Sv.ear to me this day; and he sware unto him, and he sold his birthright...