And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me?
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
And Esau said, Behold, I am about to die: and what profit shall the birthright do to me?
WEB
“Look,” said Esau, “I am about to die, so what good is a birthright to me?”
YLT
And Esau saith, `Lo, I am going to die, and what is this to me--birthright?'
DBT
And Esau said, Behold, I am going to die, and of what use can the birthright be to me?
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentGenesis — The book of beginnings. Creation, fall, flood, covenant, election, providence — eleven generational seams stitch one unbroken story from heaven-and-earth to a coffin in Egypt.
- Author
- Moses — by traditional attribution; the book is the first of the Pentateuch
- Date
- Composed c. 15th–13th century BC; draws on older patriarchal sources (the toledoth framework is internal)