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Genesis 25:31-33
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31 Jacob said, ‘You must first sell me your birthright.’[a]

32 Esau said, ‘Look, I am so hungry that I will die. Then my birthright will not help me at all!’

33 Jacob said, ‘First, make a serious promise to me.’ So Esau promised to sell his birthright to Jacob.

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  1. 25:31 In the Old Testament, the oldest son had the birthright. This means that he would be the leader of his family when his father died. And he would get two parts of the things that had belonged to his father.
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