Bible Verses About Birthright: Sold by Esau

And Jacob boileth pottage, and Esau cometh in from the field, and he is weary;

and Esau saith unto Jacob, `Let me eat, I pray thee, some of this red red thing, for I am weary;' therefore hath one called his name Edom Red ;

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

And Esau saith, `Lo, I am going to die, and what is this to me--birthright?'

and Jacob saith, `Swear to me to-day:' and he sweareth to him, and selleth his birthright to Jacob;

and Jacob hath given to Esau bread and pottage of lentiles, and he eateth, and drinketh, and riseth, and goeth; and Esau despiseth the birthright.

`The greater shall serve the less;'

according as it hath been written, `Jacob I did love, and Esau I did hate.'