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Gen. 25:34 KJV (With Strong’s)

Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he did eatv and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despisedx his birthright.

Isa. 22:13• ¹³and behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating flesh, and drinking wine: let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die. (Isa. 22:13)

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1 Cor. 15:32• ³²If after man I fought with beasts in Ephesus, what [is] the profit to me? If no dead rise, let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die. (1 Cor. 15:32)

Psa. 106:24• ²⁴And they despised the pleasant land,{HR}They believed not his word; (Psa. 106:24)

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Matt. 22:5• ⁵But they slighted [it] and went off, one to his own land, another to his traffic; (Matt. 22:5)

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Acts 13:41• ⁴¹Behold, ye despisers, and wonder and perish; for I work a work in your days, a work which ye will in no wise believe if one declare it to you. (Acts 13:41)

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eat.

Eccl. 8:15• ¹⁵Then I commended mirth,{HR}Because a man hath no better thing under the sun,{HR}Than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry:{HR}For that shall abide with him in his labour the days of his life{HR}Which God hath given him under the sun. (Eccl. 8:15)

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Isa. 22:13• ¹³and behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating flesh, and drinking wine: let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die. (Isa. 22:13)

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1 Cor. 15:32• ³²If after man I fought with beasts in Ephesus, what [is] the profit to me? If no dead rise, let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die. (1 Cor. 15:32)

thus Esau.

Psa. 106:24• ²⁴And they despised the pleasant land,{HR}They believed not his word; (Psa. 106:24)

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Zech. 11:13• ¹³And Jehovah said unto me, Cast it unto the potter: a goodly price that I was prized at by them. And I took the thirty silver-pieces, and cast them to the potter in the house of Jehovah. (Zech. 11:13)

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Matt. 22:5• ⁵But they slighted [it] and went off, one to his own land, another to his traffic; (Matt. 22:5)

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Matt. 26:15• ¹⁵and said, What are ye willing to give me, and I will deliver him up to you? And they appointed to him thirty pieces of silver. (Matt. 26:15)

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Luke 14:18‑20• ¹⁸And all without exception began to excuse themselves. The first said unto him, I have bought land and I must go out and see it; I pray thee hold me for excused.
¹⁹And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them; I pray thee hold me for excused.
²⁰And another said, I have married a wife, and on this account I cannot come. (Luke 14:18‑20)

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Acts 13:41• ⁴¹Behold, ye despisers, and wonder and perish; for I work a work in your days, a work which ye will in no wise believe if one declare it to you. (Acts 13:41)

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Phil. 3:18‑19• ¹⁸For many walk, of whom I often told you, and now tell you even weeping, the enemies of the cross of Christ,
¹⁹whose end [is] destruction, whose God [is] the belly, and they glory in their shame, who mind the things of earth. (Phil. 3:18‑19)

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Heb. 12:16‑17• ¹⁶lest [there be] any fornicator or profane one as Esau who for one meal sold his own birthright;
¹⁷for ye know that even when afterward desiring to inherit the blessing he was rejected (for he found no place of repentance), though he sought it earnestly with tears. (Heb. 12:16‑17)

• Esau despised the gift of God; his judgment of what was valuable had its origin from self. (“Genesis 25” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

And Jacob gave Esau bread and the dish of lentils; and he ate and drank, and rose up and went away. Thus Esau despised the birthright.

W. Kelly Translation

And Jacob gave to Esau bread and the dish of lentiles; and he ate and drank and rose up and went away: thus Esau despised the birthright.