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Genesis 25:34

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← Genesis 25:33	Genesis 25:34 (KJV)	Genesis 26:1 →
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 rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised [his] birthright.	And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines unto Gerar.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Then Jacob^H3290 gave^H5414 Esau^H6215 bread^H3899 and pottage^H5138 of lentiles^H5742; and he did eat^H398 and drink^H8354, and rose up^H6965, and went his way^H3212: thus Esau^H6215 despised^H959 his birthright^H1062.

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Original Hebrew

וְיַעֲקֹב נָתַן לְעֵשָׂו לֶחֶם וּנְזִיד עֲדָשִׁים וַיֹּאכַל וַיֵּשְׁתְּ וַיָּקָם וַיֵּלַךְ וַיִּבֶז עֵשָׂו אֶת־הַבְּכֹרָה׃ ס

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וְ/יַעֲקֹ֞ב	ve./ya.'a.Ko	H3290	HC/Np	and/ Jacob
נָתַ֣ן	na.Tan	H5414	HVqp3ms	he gave
לְ/עֵשָׂ֗ו	le./'e.Sav	H6215	HR/Np	to/ Esau
לֶ֚חֶם	Le.chem	H3899	HNcbsa	bread
וּ/נְזִ֣יד	u./ne.Zid	H5138	HC/Ncmsc	and/ cooked food of
עֲדָשִׁ֔ים	'a.da.Shim	H5742	HNcfpa	lentils
וַ/יֹּ֣אכַל	va/i.Yo.khal	H398	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he ate
וַ/יֵּ֔שְׁתְּ	va/i.Ye.shet	H8354	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he drank
וַ/יָּ֖קָם	va/i.Ya.kom	H6965	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he arose
וַ/יֵּלַ֑ךְ	va/i.ye.Lakh	H3212	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he went
וַ/יִּ֥בֶז	va/i.Yi.vez	H959	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he despised
עֵשָׂ֖ו	'e.Sav	H6215	HNp	Esau
אֶת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
הַ/בְּכֹרָֽה	ha./be.kho.Rah	H1062	HTd/Ncbsa	the/ birthright

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H398 — אָכַל (ʼâkal, aw-kal'): a primitive root; to eat (literally or figuratively); [idiom] at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, [idiom] freely, [idiom] in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, [idiom] quite.
• H959 — בָּזָה (bâzâh, baw-zaw'): a primitive root; to disesteem; despise, disdain, contemn(-ptible), [phrase] think to scorn, vile person.
• H1062 — בְּכוֹרָה (bᵉkôwrâh, bek-o-raw'): or (short) בְּכֹרָה; feminine of בְּכוֹר; the firstling of man or beast; abstractly primogeniture; birthright, firstborn(-ling).
• H3212 — יָלַךְ (yâlak, yaw-lak'): a primitive root (compare הָלַךְ); to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses); [idiom] again, away, bear, bring, carry (away), come (away), depart, flow, [phrase] follow(-ing), get (away, hence, him), (cause to, made) go (away, -ing, -ne, one's way, out), grow, lead (forth), let down, march, prosper, [phrase] pursue, cause to run, spread, take away (-journey), vanish, (cause to) walk(-ing), wax, [idiom] be weak.
• H3290 — יַעֲקֹב (Yaʻăqôb, yah-ak-obe'): from עָקַב; heel-catcher (i.e. supplanter); Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch; Jacob.
• H3899 — לֶחֶם (lechem, lekh'-em): from לָחַם; See also בֵּית לְעַפְרָה; food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it); (shew-) bread, [idiom] eat, food, fruit, loaf, meat, victuals.
• H5138 — נָזִיד (nâzîyd, naw-zeed'): from זוּד; something boiled, i.e. soup; pottage.
• H5414 — נָתַן (nâthan, naw-than'): a primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.); add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, [idiom] avenge, [idiom] be (healed), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, [phrase] cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, [idiom] doubtless, [idiom] without fail, fasten, frame, [idiom] get, give (forth, over, up), grant, hang (up), [idiom] have, [idiom] indeed, lay (unto charge, up), (give) leave, lend, let (out), [phrase] lie, lift up, make, [phrase] O that, occupy, offer, ordain, pay, perform, place, pour, print, [idiom] pull, put (forth), recompense, render, requite, restore, send (out), set (forth), shew, shoot forth (up), [phrase] sing, [phrase] slander, strike, (sub-) mit, suffer, [idiom] surely, [idiom] take, thrust, trade, turn, utter, [phrase] weep, [phrase] willingly, [phrase] withdraw, [phrase] would (to) God, yield.
• H5742 — עָדָשׁ (ʻâdâsh, aw-dawsh'): from an unused root of uncertain meaning; a lentil; lentile.
• H6215 — עֵשָׂו (ʻÊsâv, ay-sawv'): apparently a form of the passive participle of עָשָׂה in the original sense of handling; rough (i.e. sensibly felt); Esav, a son of Isaac, including his posterity; Esau.
• H6965 — קוּם (qûwm, koom): a primitive root; to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative); abide, accomplish, [idiom] be clearer, confirm, continue, decree, [idiom] be dim, endure, [idiom] enemy, enjoin, get up, make good, help, hold, (help to) lift up (again), make, [idiom] but newly, ordain, perform, pitch, raise (up), rear (up), remain, (a-) rise (up) (again, against), rouse up, set (up), (e-) stablish, (make to) stand (up), stir up, strengthen, succeed, (as-, make) sure(-ly), (be) up(-hold, -rising).
• H8354 — שָׁתָה (shâthâh, shaw-thaw'): a primitive root; to imbibe (literally or figuratively); [idiom] assuredly, banquet, [idiom] certainly, drink(-er, -ing), drunk ([idiom] -ard), surely. (Prop. intensive of שָׁקָה.)

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H853 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): apparent contracted from אוֹת in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• eat — Ecclesiastes 8:15, Isaiah 22:13, 1 Corinthians 15:32
• thus Esau — Psalms 106:24, Zechariah 11:13, Matthew 22:5, Matthew 26:15, Luke 14:18-20, Acts 13:41, Hebrews 12:16-17

Reciprocal references (4): Genesis 25:30, Genesis 27:36, Numbers 14:31, Deuteronomy 21:17

Related Topics

• Thompson Chain: ESAU, HOME, JACOB, LENTILS, YOUNG PEOPLE
• Torrey’s: GLUTTONY
• Nave’s: BIRTHRIGHT, ESAU, FIRSTBORN, GLUTTONY, JACOB, LENTILES, WORLDLINESS

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