King James Version

Genesis 25:31

And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright.

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וַיֹּ֖אמֶרvayomerand sayאָמַרconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and say”, the next action in the storyH559to say (used with great latitude)answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [id…יַעֲקֹ֑בyaaqovJacobיַעֲקֹבnoun, proper name — “Jacob”H3290Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarchJacob.מִכְרָ֥הmikhrahsellמָכַרverb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, singular, paragogic he — “sell”, a commandH4376to sell, literally (as merchandise, a daughter in marriage, into slavery), or figuratively (to surrender)[idiom] at all, sell (away, -er, self).כַיּ֛וֹםkhayomas as long asיוֹםpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “as as long as”, the ordinary formH3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) lon…אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).בְּכֹֽרָתְךָ֖bekhoratekhabirthrightבְּכוֹרָהnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “birthright”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1062the firstling of man or beast; abstractly primogeniturebirthright, firstborn(-ling).לִֽיlitoלִֽיpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “to”to

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And Jacob said: 'Sell me first thy birthright.'

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American Standard Version (1901)

And Jacob said, Sell me first thy birthright.

Young’s Literal Translation

and Jacob saith, 'Sell to-day thy birthright to me.'

World English Bible

Jacob said, “First, sell me your birthright.”

Darby Translation

And Jacob said, Sell me now thy birthright.

Douay-Rheims

And Jacob said to him: Sell me thy first birthright.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And Jacob said: 'Sell me first thy birthright.'

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And Jacob said to Esau, Sell me this day thy birthright.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Εἶπε δὲ Ἰακὼβ τῷ Ἡσαῦ, ἀπόδου μοι σήμερον τὰ πρωτοτόκιά σου ἐμοί.