Genesis Chapter 25 verse 32 Holy Bible
And Esau said, Behold, I am about to die. And what profit shall the birthright do to me?
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And Esau said, Truly, I am at the point of death: what profit is the birthright to me?
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And Esau said, Behold, I am going to die, and of what use can the birthright be to me?
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And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me?
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And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit shall this birth-right bring to me?
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Esau said, "Behold, I am about to die. What good is the birthright to me?"
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And Esau saith, `Lo, I am going to die, and what is this to me -- birthright?'
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 32. - And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: - literally, going to die; meaning, "on the eve of expiring," through hunger; "ex animo testetur se mortis sensu urgeri" (Calvin); or, "liable to death," through the, dangerous pursuits of his daily calling (Ainsworth, Bush, Rosenmüller); or, what is most probable, "on the way to meet death" - uttered in a spirit of Epicurean levity, "Let us eat and drink, for to-morrow we die" (Keil, Kalisch) - and what profit shall this birthright do to me? - literally, of what (use) this (thing) to me, (called) a birthright? signifying, according to the sense attached to the foregoing expression, either,-Of what use can a birthright be to a man dying of starvation? or, The birthright is not likely ever to be of service to me, who am almost certain to be cut off soon by a violent and sudden death; on What signifies a birthright whose enjoyment is all in the future to a man who has only a short time to live? I prefer present gratifications to deferred felicities.
