Genesis 25:29-33
Genesis 25:29
When Jacob had cooked a stew one day, Esau came in from the field and he was exhausted;
Genesis 25:30
and Esau said to Jacob, “Please let me have a mouthful of that red stuff there, for I am exhausted.” Therefore he was called Edom by name.
Genesis 25:31
But Jacob said, “First sell me your birthright.”
Genesis 25:32
Esau said, “Look, I am about to die; so of what use then is the birthright to me?”
Genesis 25:33
And Jacob said, “First swear to me”; so he swore an oath to him, and sold his birthright to Jacob.