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Hebrews 12:16

Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “of himself” (ἑαυτοῦ.) after birthright here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “of him” (αὐτοῦ) after birthright here.

μήmēLestμήconjunction — “Lest”G3361not, lest.This verse uses “lest”.Lestτιςtisthere be anyτιςinterrogative or indefinite pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “there be any”, the subject formG5100any one, some one, a certain one or thing.there be anyπόρνοςpornosfornicatorπόρνοςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “fornicator”, the subject formG4205a fornicator, man who prostitutes himself.fornicatorἢēorἤconjunction — “or”G2228or, than.orβέβηλοςbebēlosprofane personβέβηλοςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “profane person”, the subject formG952permitted to be trodden, accessible.This verse uses “profane”.profane personὡςhōsasὡςconjunction — “as”G5613as, like as, about, as it were, according as, how, when, while, as soon as, so that.asἨσαῦēsauEsauἨσαῦnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Esau”, the subject formG2269Esau, elder son of Isaac the patriarch, brother of Jacob.Esauὃςhoswhoὅςrelative pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “who”, the subject formG3739who, which, what, that.This verse uses “who”.whoἀντὶantiforἀντίpreposition — “for”G473(a) instead of, in return for, over against, opposite, in exchange for, as a substitute for, (b) on my behalf, (c) wherefore, because.This verse uses “for”.forβρώσεωςbrōseōsmorsel of meatβρῶσις (brōsis)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “morsel of meat”, the of-formG1035(a) abstr: eating, (b) food, a meal, (c) rust.morsel of meatμιᾶςmiasoneεἷς (heis)adjective, genitive, singular, feminine — “one”, the of-formG1520one.ἀπέδετοapedetosoldἀποδίδωμι (apodidōmi)verb, aorist middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “sold”, a single actionG591(a) I give back, return, restore, (b) I give, render, as due, (c) mid: I sell.soldτὰtatheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.πρωτοτόκιαprōtotokiabirthrightπρωτοτόκιαnoun, accusative, plural, neuter — “birthright”, the object formG4415the birthright, the rights of the first-born.birthrightἑαυτοῦheautoumyἑαυτοῦpersonal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “my”, the of-formG1438himself, herself, itself.

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

αὐτοῦautouhisαὐτός (autos)reflexive pronoun, 3rd person, genitive, singular, masculine — “his”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

lest any one be a fornicator, or a profane person, as Esau, who in exchange for one morsel of food did sell his birthright,

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American Standard Version (1901)

lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one mess of meat sold his own birthright.

Young’s Literal Translation

lest any one be a fornicator, or a profane person, as Esau, who in exchange for one morsel of food did sell his birthright,

World English Bible

lest there be any sexually immoral person or profane person, like Esau, who sold his birthright for one meal.

Darby Translation

lest [there be] any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one meal sold his birthright;

Douay-Rheims

Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau; who for one mess, sold his first birthright.

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