Genesis 25:31
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Genesis 25:31 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Genesis 25:31 is a verse from the book of Genesis in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Genesis 25:31 — KJV
“And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright.”
— Genesis 25:31 (KJV)
Genesis 25:31 in Context — About the Book of Genesis
Genesis is the book of beginnings — creation, the fall, the flood, and the call of Abraham. It answers the oldest questions: where we came from, why the world is broken, and how God begins His rescue plan through one family. Every major theme in the Bible is planted here as a seed.
Cross-References for Genesis 25:31
“And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob.”
Shares key themes with Genesis 25:31: jacob, day, birthright
“That he may establish thee to day for a people unto himself, and that he may be unto thee a God, as he hath said unto thee, and as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.”
Shares key themes with Genesis 25:31: jacob, day
“That thou mayest love the LORD thy God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he is thy life, and the length of thy days: that thou mayest dwell in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.”
Shares key themes with Genesis 25:31: jacob, day
“And the counsel of Ahithophel, which he counselled in those days, was as if a man had enquired at the oracle of God: so was all the counsel of Ahithophel both with David and with Absalom. oracle: Heb. word”
Shares key themes with Genesis 25:31: sell, day
“Unto this day they do after the former manners: they fear not the LORD, neither do they after their statutes, or after their ordinances, or after the law and commandment which the LORD commanded the children of Jacob, whom he named Israel;”
Shares key themes with Genesis 25:31: jacob, day
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