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Bereshit \/ Genesis 25:29 When Jacob had cooked stew, Esau came in from the field and he Bereshit \/ Genesis 25:29 When Jacob had cooked stew, Esau came in from the field and he
\nwas famished; 25:30 and Esau said to Jacob, ‘Please let me have a swallow of that red stuff there, for I am famished.’
\nTherefore his name was called Edom. 25:31 But Jacob said, ‘First sell me your birthright.’ 25:32 Esau
\nsaid, ‘Behold, I am about to die; so of what use then is the birthright to me? (NASB)<\/em> <\/span> Our reading this
\nweek from the Triennial Cycle (Bereshit \/ Genesis 25:19-26:22<\/em>) we discover that
\nEsau despised his birthright (25:34<\/em>) and Yaakov (Jacob) deceptively purchased
\nEsau’s birthright with one bowl of soup. Have you ever wondered why Esau despised his birthright? The
\nbirthright is a particular right of possession or privilege that a person has from birth and especially as an eldest son.
\nIn the patriarchal society of sefer Bereshit, the birthright was of very great importance, it is without a doubt that Yitzchak
\n(Isaac) made it known to his children their birthright and the covenant that he had made with God, and yet Esau despised the
\nbirthright as the first born son.
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