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  • Esau sells his birthright for a mess of pottage.

    -Bible (Old Testament)
      Chapter heading for Genesis 25 (in the Geneva Bible).

  • And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents.

    -Bible (Old Testament)
    Genesis 25:27.

  • Esausaid,Behold,Iamatthe pointto die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me? And Jacob said, Swear to me this day: and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob. Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he did eat and drink, and roseup, and went his way: thus Esau despised his birthright.

    -Bible (Old Testament)
    Genesis 25:32^4.

  • And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold,Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man.

    -Bible (Old Testament)
    Genesis 27:11.

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