Cross references

Genesis 25:34

Then Jacob gave some bread and lentil stew to Esau, who ate and drank and then got up and went away. Thus Esau despised his birthright.

Genesis 25:34 BSB

Genesis 25:34 has 11 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 10 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Hebrews 12:16–17 (8 votes) and Philippians 3:18–19 (6 votes). 11 other verses point back to it. It links with 13 other books, from Genesis 13 to Hebrews 12.

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Which verses does Genesis 25:34 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. See to it that no one is sexually immoral, or is godless like Esau, who for a single meal sold his birthright. For you know that afterward, when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected. He could find no ground for repentance, though he sought the blessing with tears.

  2. For as I have often told you before, and now say again even with tears: Many live as enemies of the cross of Christ. Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and their glory is in their shame. Their minds are set on earthly things.

  3. But look, there is joy and gladness, butchering of cattle and slaughtering of sheep, eating of meat and drinking of wine: “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!”

  4. and asked, “What are you willing to give me if I hand Him over to you?” And they set out for him thirty pieces of silver.

  5. If I fought wild beasts in Ephesus for human motives, what did I gain? If the dead are not raised, “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.”

  6. They despised the pleasant land; they did not believe His promise.

  7. And the LORD said to me, “Throw it to the potter”—this magnificent price at which they valued me. So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them to the potter in the house of the LORD.

  8. But they paid no attention and went away, one to his field, another to his business.

  9. But one after another they all began to make excuses. The first one said, ‘I have bought a field, and I need to go see it. Please excuse me.’ Another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to try them out. Please excuse me.’ …

  10. Acts 13:414 votes

    ‘Look, you scoffers, wonder and perish! For I am doing a work in your days that you would never believe, even if someone told you.’”

Which verses point to Genesis 25:34?

The 10 strongest of 11.