 | Charles Simeon - 1832 - 834 pages
...» Rom. iii. 8. XLI. THE BIRTHRIGHT TYPICAL OF THE CHRISTIAN'S PORTION. Gen. xxv. 32. And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die : and what profit shall this birthright do to me ? IT may be considered as a general rule, that no man abstains from any thing which... | |
 | Edward Burton - 1832 - 480 pages
...according to thy faith, there can be no doubt that he would have lost the blessing. His words were, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to -mc]f lt would certainly have profited him nothing, if the promise given to Abraham... | |
 | Charles Lambert Coghlan - 1832 - 578 pages
...therefore was his name called Edom. And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birth-right. And Esau said, ed with one accord, to send ehoseu men unto you with our belo birth-right do to me ? And Jacob said, Swear to me this day ; and he sware unto him : and he sold his... | |
 | Peter Leonard - 1833 - 322 pages
...rather than his existence ; and the poor negro, when fainting with hunger, thinks, like Esau of old," Behold, I am at the point to die, and what profit shall this birthright do to me ?" The fourth cause, it is, perhaps, less easy to vindicate than either of the... | |
 | George Burder, Joseph Hughes - 1833 - 1134 pages
...therefore was his name called Edom.t 31 And Jacob said, Sell me tlus day thy birthright. 32 And Esau said, Behold, I am 'at the point to die ; and what profit »shall this birthright do to me ? 33 And Jacob said, Swear to me this day ; and he sware (into liiui: and lie sold... | |
 | Adam Clarke - 1834 - 1038 pages
...was his name called ™ Edom. 31 And Jacob said, Sell me this day-thy birthright. 32 And Esau said, unto his brethren, * I am Joseph ; doth my father yet live? A birth-right do to me? 33 And Jacob said, Swear to me this day ; hHi*. «iti»on wu in hit mititli.—\... | |
 | Thomas Staunton St. Clair - 1834 - 424 pages
...rather than perish ; and the poor afflicted Negro, when fainting for want of food, thinks likes Esau : " Behold ! I am at the point to die, and what profit shall this birthright do to me ?" The fourth cause it is, perhaps, less easy to vindicate than any of the foregoing,... | |
 | Theophilus Biddulph - 1834 - 258 pages
...thought of what it would cost hereafter. So he began to reason, (if reasoning it can be called,) " Behold I am at the point to die ; and what profit shall this birthright do to me ?" And Jacob seeing him in this favourable humour, struck the bargain at once ;... | |
 | Henry Hunter - 1834 - 618 pages
...necessity ; and, ready in his turn to perish, might be constrained to adopt the words of starving Esau, " Strength and honour are her clothing: and she shall rejoice birthright do to me."t For, although God serves himself of the weaknesses and vices of men, he approves... | |
 | 1834 - 274 pages
...therefore was his name called Edom. And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright. And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die : and what profit shall this birthright do to me ? And Jacob said, Swear to me this day ; and he sware unto him : and he sold his... | |
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And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me? 
