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- Genesis
- Chapter 25
- Verse 32
And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me?
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Gill's Exposition
And Esau said, behold, I am at the point to die,.... Or, "going to die" (y), going the way of all flesh; which he might say on account of the common frailty and mortality of man, and the brevity of…
- LIII. Birth of Esau and Jacob 20. פדן padān, Paddan, “plowed field;” related: “cut, plow.” 25. עשׂי ‛êśâv, ‘Esaw, “hairy, or made.” 26. יעקב ya‛ăqôb, Ja’aqob, “he shall take the heel.” 27. תם…
We have here a bargain made between Jacob and Esau about the birthright, which was Esau's by providence but Jacob's by promise. It was a spiritual privilege, including the excellency of dignity and…
Cambridge Bible
I am at the point to die Esau's words mean that he is dying of hunger, and has no thought of anything but the prospect of food. So LXX ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ πορεύομαι τελευτᾶν, Lat. en morior. A more improbable…
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