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Genesis 25:34 Cross-References
Explore 11 cross-references for Genesis 25:34 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Genesis chapter 25 verse 34 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised his birthright.”
Genesis 25:34 (KJV)
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Commentary on Genesis 25:34
Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went ... This passage is part of the Abrahamic narratives which shift from universal human history to God's particular covenant people. The Abraham cycle (Genesis 12-25) demonstrates God's sovereign election, covenant faithfulness, and the development of faith through testing and promise fulfillment.Central themes include God's unconditional covenant promises (land, descendants, blessing to nations), the call to faith and obedience, the testing of faith through delays and impossibilities, the contras...
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Cross-References for Genesis 25:34
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“or profane person”
“of whom I told you often”
“What are you willing to give me, that I should deliver him to you? They weighed out for him thirty pieces of silver.”
“what does it profit me? If the dead are not raised”
“joy and gladness”
“Throw it to the potter, the handsome price that I was valued at by them! I took the thirty pieces of silver”
“they despised the pleasant land. They didn't believe his word”
“you scoffers”
“and went their ways”