GENESIS 25:29-34

29Once when Jacob was cooking some stew, Esau came in from the open country, famished. 30He said to Jacob, “Quick, let me have some of that red stew! I’m famished!” (That is why he was also called Edom.)

31Jacob replied, “First sell me your birthright.”

32“Look, I am about to die,” Esau said. “What good is the birthright to me?”

33But Jacob said, “Swear to me first.” So he swore an oath to him, selling his birthright to Jacob.

34Then Jacob gave Esau some bread and some lentil stew. He ate and drank, and then got up and left.

So Esau despised his birthright.

Reflection Questions: 

– What does this passage teach me about God and how I relate to Him?

– What does this passage teach me about others and how I relate to them?

– What does God want me to understand or think about this passage?

– What does God want me to believe through this passage?

– What does God want me to desire through this passage?

– What does God want me to do?