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Genesis 25:32

And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me?

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וַיֹּ֣אמֶרvayomerand 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…עֵשָׂ֔וesavEsauעֵשָׂוnoun, proper name — “Esau”H6215Esav, a son of Isaac, including his posterityEsau.הִנֵּ֛הhinehloהִנֵּהparticle, demonstrative — “lo”H2009lo!behold, lo, see.אָנֹכִ֥יanokhimeאָנֹכִיpronoun, personal, 1st person, common, singular — “me”H595II, me, [idiom] which.הוֹלֵ֖ךְholekhewalkהָלַךְverb, qal, participle, absolute — “walk”, a verb used as a describing wordH1980to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)(all) along, apace, behave (self), come, (on) continually, be conversant, depart, [phrase] be eased, enter, exercise (self), [phrase] follow, forth, forward, get, go (about, abroad, along, away, forward, on, out, up and down), [phrase] gre…לָמ֑וּתlamutto dieמוּתpreposition, verb, qal, infinitive construct — “to die”, the to-form of the verbH4191to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill[idiom] at all, [idiom] crying, (be) dead (body, man, one), (put to, worthy of) death, destroy(-er), (cause to, be like to, must) die, kill, necro(-mancer), [idiom] must needs, slay, [idiom] surely, [idiom] very suddenly, [idiom] in (no) w…וְלָמָּהvelamahand to howמָהconjunction, preposition, particle, interrogative — “and to how”H4100properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senseshow (long, oft, (-soever)), (no-) thing, what (end, good, purpose, thing), whereby(-fore, -in, -to, -with), (for) why.זֶּ֥הzehthe one...the otherזֶהpronoun, demonstrative, masculine, singular — “the one...the other”H2088the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or thathe, [idiom] hence, [idiom] here, it(-self), [idiom] now, [idiom] of him, the one...the other, [idiom] than the other, ([idiom] out of) the (self) same, such (a one) that, these, this (hath, man), on this side...on that side, [idiom] thus,…לִ֖יlitoלִ֖יpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “to”toבְּכֹרָֽהbekhorahbirthrightבְּכוֹרָהnoun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “birthright”, the ordinary formH1062the firstling of man or beast; abstractly primogeniturebirthright, firstborn(-ling).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And Esau said: 'Behold, I am at the point to die; and what profit shall the birthright do to me?'

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American Standard Version (1901)

And Esau said, Behold, I am about to die: and what profit shall the birthright do to me?

Young’s Literal Translation

And Esau saith, 'Lo, I am going to die, and what is this to me — birthright?'

World English Bible

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

Darby Translation

And Esau said, Behold, I am going to die, and of what use can the birthright be to me?

Douay-Rheims

He answered: Lo I die, what will the first birthright avail me?

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And Esau said: 'Behold, I am at the point to die; and what profit shall the birthright do to me?'

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And Esau said, Behold, I am going to die, and for what good does this birthright belong to me?

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ εἶπεν Ἡσαῦ, ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ πορεύομαι τελευτᾷν· καὶ ἵνα τί μοι ταῦτα τὰ πρωτοτόκια;