Jamieson, Fausset and Brown on Genesis 25:31
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Genesis25:31
31. Jacob said, Sell me ... thy birthright--that is, the rights and privileges of the first-born, which were very important, the chief being that they were the family priests (Ex 4:22) and had a double portion of the inheritance (De 21:17).
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