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Genesis Chapter 25 verse 31 Holy Bible

ASV Genesis 25:31

And Jacob said, Sell me first thy birthright.
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BBE Genesis 25:31

And Jacob said, First of all give me your birthright.
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DARBY Genesis 25:31

And Jacob said, Sell me now thy birthright.
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KJV Genesis 25:31

And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright.
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WBT Genesis 25:31

And Jacob said, Sell to me this day thy birth-right.
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WEB Genesis 25:31

Jacob said, "First, sell me your birthright."
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YLT Genesis 25:31

and Jacob saith, `Sell to-day thy birthright to me.'
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 31. - And Jacob said, Sell me this day - literally, as the day; as clearly as the day (Jarchi, Kimchi, Drusius); immediately, statim (Rosenmüller); perhaps simply today, σήμερον (LXX., Glassius, Gesenius, Kalisch; cf. 1 Samuel 9:13, 27; 1 Kings 1:49) - thy birthright. The right of primogeniture in the family of Abraham implied (1) succession to the earthly inheritance of Canaan; (2) possession of the covenant blessing transmitted through the paternal benediction; and (3) progenitorship of the promised seed. Under the Mosaic institute the privileges of the firstborn were clearly defined. They involved succession to . . .

Ellicott's Commentary