³³ Jacob said, "Swear to me first." He swore to him. He sold his birthright to Jacob.

¹⁶ lest there be any sexually immoral person, or profane person, as Esau, who sold his birthright for one meal.

³⁶ He said, "Isn't he rightly named Jacob? For he has supplanted me these two times. He took away my birthright. See, now he has taken away my blessing." He said, "Haven't you reserved a blessing for me?"

²² Abram said to the king of Sodom, "I have lifted up my hand to Yahweh, God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth,

³ I will make you swear by Yahweh, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that you shall not take a wife for my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I live.

⁶ Esau took his wives, his sons, his daughters, and all the members of his household, with his cattle, all his animals, and all his possessions, which he had gathered in the land of Canaan, and went into a land away from his brother Jacob.

⁷ For their substance was too great for them to dwell together, and the land of their travels couldn't bear them because of their cattle.

²³ He swore to her, "Whatever you shall ask of me, I will give you, up to half of my kingdom."

¹⁶ For men indeed swear by a greater one, and in every dispute of theirs the oath is final for confirmation.