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Bible Verses About Esau: Sells his birthright for a mess of pottage

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  1. And saviours shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be the LORD'S.

  2. And they of the south shall possess the mount of Esau; and they of the plain the Philistines: and they shall possess the fields of Ephraim, and the fields of Samaria: and Benjamin shall possess Gilead.

  3. And Isaac gave up the ghost, and died, and was gathered unto his people, being old and full of days: and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.

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

  5. And thy mighty men, O Teman, shall be dismayed, to the end that every one of the mount of Esau may be cut off by slaughter.

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  1. 29And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he was faint:

    30And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red pottage; for I am faint: therefore was his name called Edom.

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

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

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

    34Then 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.