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Genesis 25:30, 31, 32, 33, 34

Genesis 25:30 NIV

He said to Jacob, “Quick, let me have some of that red stew! I’m famished!” (That is why he was also called Edom.)

Genesis 25:31 NIV

Jacob replied, “First sell me your birthright.”

Genesis 25:32 NIV

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

Genesis 25:33 NIV

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

Genesis 25:34 NIV

Then Jacob gave Esau some bread and some lentil stew. He ate and drank, and then got up and left. So Esau despised his birthright.