Jacob said, First, sell me your birthright.

And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright.

It is a genetic birthright that we have, like walking or speaking or seeing.

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

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

For Judah prevailed above his brothers, and of him came the prince but the birthright was Joseph's )

In the media, comparisons to Esau s theft of Jacob s birthright and to various Shakespearean tragedies began to abound.

For Judah prevailed above his brethren, and of him came the chief ruler but the birthright was Joseph's )

The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel (for he was the firstborn but, because he defiled his father's couch, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph the son of Israel and the genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright.

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

Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright.

Now the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel, (for he was the firstborn but, forasmuch as he defiled his father's bed, his birthright was given unto the sons of Joseph the son of Israel and the genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright.

And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die and what profit shall this birthright do to me?

And Jacob said, Swear to me this day and he sware unto him and he sold his birthright unto Jacob.

Notwithstanding his call to ban the Koran, Wilders and his admirers claim to believe in unfettered free speech as a Western birthright.

Zionism s unique combination of democracy and utopianism enabled the Jews to recover their birthright and gave them a key to the future.

Jacob gave Esau bread and stew of lentils. He ate and drank, rose up, and went his way. So Esau despised his birthright.

They sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth, and the men marveled one with another.

Particularly by targeting government corruption, brave journalists made raiding the public till more of a gamble than a birthright and angered many of the corrupt.

And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth and the men marvelled one at another.

Of course, it is true that birthright citizens live their lives and retain their citizenship without ever being tested on the basics of their political systems.

Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way thus Esau despised his birthright.

To which Max Blumenthal responded by accusing Taglit, the 'birthright' agency that organizes trips to Israel for young Jewish adults around the world, of being a sectarian training program

The Secretary General also touched on democracy, asserting that the right of people to choose how they are ruled and who rules them must be the birthright of all.

When the Republic replaced the monarchy for good, in 1875, ballots replaced birthright, but the new governing elite believed that it possessed the same rights and perks as the former aristocrats.

Young men from elite backgrounds, by contrast, learn to project physical confidence as part of their birthright just as they learn to speak in assertive, declarative voices and claim their achievements.

However, one government official told the Center for Immigration Studies that the country's current effort to tighten immigration policies may include an end to automatic birthright citizenship for children of illegal immigrants.

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?

The right to choose how they are ruled, and who rules them, must be the birthright of all people, and its universal achievement must be a central objective of an Organization devoted to the cause of larger freedom.

And he said, Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he hath supplanted me these two times he took away my birthright and, behold, now he hath taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me?

Reaffirming that the enhancement of international cooperation in the field of human rights is essential for the full achievement of the purposes of the United Nations and that human rights and fundamental freedoms are the birthright of all human beings, the protection and promotion of such rights and freedoms being the first responsibility of Governments,

Reaffirming that the enhancement of international cooperation in the field of human rights is essential for the full achievement of the purposes of the United Nations and that human rights and fundamental freedoms are the birthright of all human beings, the promotion and protection of such rights and freedoms being the first responsibility of Governments,

Reaffirming that the enhancement of international cooperation in the field of human rights is essential for the full achievement of the purposes of the United Nations and that human rights and fundamental freedoms are the birthright of all human beings, the promotion and protection of such rights and freedoms being the first responsibility of Governments,

Reaffirming that the enhancement of international cooperation in the field of human rights is essential for the full achievement of the purposes of the United Nations and that human rights and fundamental freedoms are the birthright of all human beings, the promotion and protection of such rights and freedoms being the first responsibility of Governments,

Reaffirming that the enhancement of international cooperation in the field of human rights is essential for the full achievement of the purposes of the United Nations and that human rights and fundamental freedoms are the birthright of all human beings, the promotion and protection of such rights and freedoms being the first responsibility of Governments,