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Genesis chapter 25 verses 31 through 34. Jacob said, sell me your birth right now.

Esau said, I'm about to die.

Of what use is a birth right to me?

Jacob said, swear to me now.

So he swore to him and sold his birthright to Jacob.

Then Jacob gave Esau bread and lentil stew, and he ate and drank and rose and went his way.

Thus Esau despised his birthright.

This is a pretty humbling picture, particularly when we think about how we are prone to act this way in our lives.

Jacob is cooking stew here.

Esau comes in from the field, he's tired.

Esau says, let me eat some of that stew.

I'm so exhausted.

And Jacob, as the deceiver that he is, looking to take advantage of the moment, says,

sell me your birthright.

And Esau, in a moment, an instant exchanges his birthright and the blessings the

inheritance that come with that for a bowl of stew.

Like he is so overwhelmed by his immediate need

for gratification, his immediate need for food,

that he loses total sight of what he's letting go of,

that lasts far beyond a meal, the last far beyond

far beyond this moment.

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