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Genesis 25:32 — King James Version← Study notes

And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me?


Genesis 25:32Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 25:3210 words
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
עֵשָׂוʿēśāwEsav
הִנֵּהhinēhLo!
אָנֹכִיʾānōḵîI
הוֹלֵךְhwōlēḵəWalk
לָמוּתlāmûtTo die
וְלָמָּהwəlāmāhAnd to what?
זֶּהzehThis
לִיTo
בְּכֹרָהbəḵōrāhFirstling
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
עֵשָׂוʿēśāwEsav
הִנֵּהhinēhLo!
אָנֹכִיʾānōḵîI
הוֹלֵךְhwōlēḵəWalk
לָמוּתlāmûtTo die
וְלָמָּהwəlāmāhAnd to what?
זֶּהzehThis
לִיTo
בְּכֹרָהbəḵōrāhFirstling

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