the Week of Proper 22 / Ordinary 27
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Hebrews 12:16
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that there be no immoral or godless person like Esau, who sold his own birthright for a single meal.
that also there be no sexually immoral or godless person like Esau, who sold his own birthright for a single meal.
Don't let anyone fall into immorality and sexual sin. Don't let anyone act a fool like Esau did. He traded his birthright for a bowl of stew.
And that there may not be any evil liver, or any man without respect for God, like Esau, who let his birthright go for a plate of food.
lest [there be] any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one meal sold his birthright;
lest there be any sexually immoral person, or profane person, as Esau, who sold his birthright for one meal.
as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright:
lest there be a fornicator, or an ungodly person like Esau, who, in return for a single meal, parted with the birthright which belonged to him.
Lest there bee any fornicatour, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsell of meat sold his birthright.
that not any fornicator, or profane one, as Esau, who for one meal gave up his birthright;
that there be no whoremonger, or vncleane person, as Esau, which for one meate sake solde his byrth righte.
let there be no licentious or profane person, such as Esau, "who sold his birth-right, for a single mess."
and [see to it] that no one is immoral or godless like Esau, who sold his own birthright for a single meal.
lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one mess of meat sold his own birthright.
that no one be immoral or irreligious like Esau, who sold his birthright for a single meal.
and that there be no fornicator or vnclene person as Esau which for one breakfast solde his birthright.
lest [there be] any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one mess of meat sold his own birthright.
Lest there [be] any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of food sold his birth-right.
lest any one be a fornicator, or a profane person, as Esau, who in exchange for one morsel of food did sell his birthright,
Be careful that no one takes part in sexual sin or is like Esau and never thinks about God. As the oldest son, Esau would have received everything from his father, but he sold all that for a single meal.
And see to it that no one becomes an immoral or godless person like Esau, who sold his own birthright for a single meal.
See to it that no one is sexually immoral, or is godless like Esau, who for a single meal sold his birthright.
Watch out for immoral and ungodly people like Esau, who sold his future blessing for only one meal.
and that no one is sexually immoral, or godless like Esav, who in exchange for a single meal gave up his rights as the firstborn.
that no one is sexually immoral or unholy like Esau, who sold his birthright for a single meal.
Let there be no fornicator, or prophane person as Esau, which for one portion of meate solde his birthright.
Or lest any man among you be found immoral and weak like Esau, who sold his birthright for a morsel of meat.
And make sure that there isn't any immoral or irreverent person like Esau, who sold his birthright in exchange for one meal.
lest there be any sexually immoral person, or profane person, as Esav, who sold his birthright for one meal.
No one should be immoral or godless like Esau, who sold his birthright for a single meal.Genesis 25:33; Ephesians 5:3; Colossians 3:5; 1 Thessalonians 4:3;">[xr]
or lest there be found among you any fornicator, or dissolute, as Isu, who for one meal sold his birthright.
or lest any one be found among you a fornicator; or a heedless one like Esau, who for one mess of food, sold his primogeniture.
lest there be any fornicator or profane person like Esau, who for one morsel of food sold his birthright.
Make sure that no one is immoral or godless like Esau, who traded his birthright as the firstborn son for a single meal.
None of you should fall into sex sins or forget God like Esau did. He had a right to get all Isaac had because he was the oldest son. But for one plate of food he sold this right to his brother.
lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one mess of meat sold his own birthright.
See to it that no one becomes like Esau, an immoral and godless person, who sold his birthright for a single meal.
Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, like Esau, - who, for the sake of one meal, yielded up his own firstborn rights;
Lest there be any fornicator or profane person, as Esau who for one mess sold his first birthright.
that no one be a sexually immoral or totally worldly person like Esau, who for one meal traded his own birthright.
Let there be no fornicator or vncleane person, as Esau, which for one morsell of meate, solde his birthryght.
Be careful that no one commits sexual sin. And be careful that no one is like Esau and never thinks about God. As the oldest son, Esau would have inherited everything from his father. But he sold all that for a single meal.
that there be no sexually immoral or godless person like Esau, who sold his own birthright for a single meal.
Let no one become immoral or unspiritual like Esau, who for a single meal sold his rights as the older son.
that no man be letchour, ether vnhooli, as Esau, which for o mete seelde hise firste thingis.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
any fornicator: Hebrews 13:4, Mark 7:21, Acts 15:20, Acts 15:29, 1 Corinthians 5:1-6, 1 Corinthians 5:9-11, 1 Corinthians 6:15-20, 1 Corinthians 10:8, 2 Corinthians 12:21, Galatians 5:19-21, Ephesians 5:3, Ephesians 5:5, Colossians 3:5, 1 Thessalonians 4:3-7, Revelation 2:20-23, Revelation 21:8, Revelation 22:15
as Esau: Genesis 25:31-34, Genesis 27:36
Reciprocal: Genesis 25:33 - and he sold Genesis 25:34 - thus Esau Genesis 26:34 - the daughter Leviticus 13:46 - without Numbers 5:3 - without Numbers 14:31 - the land Deuteronomy 21:16 - General Joshua 7:1 - the anger Psalms 106:24 - they despised Psalms 139:24 - wicked way Proverbs 5:4 - her Ecclesiastes 9:18 - sinner Jeremiah 17:21 - Take Jeremiah 31:1 - will Matthew 4:3 - command Matthew 25:11 - saying Mark 4:15 - these Luke 14:18 - I have John 6:27 - the meat 1 Corinthians 6:9 - fornicators 1 Corinthians 6:12 - but I 2 Corinthians 7:11 - fear 2 Thessalonians 3:6 - that ye 1 Timothy 1:9 - profane
Cross-References
Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be well with me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee.
And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair.
The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house.
And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.
And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and womenservants, and gave them unto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife.
And the Lord hath blessed my master greatly; and he is become great: and he hath given him flocks, and herds, and silver, and gold, and menservants, and maidservants, and camels, and asses.
For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of servants: and the Philistines envied him.
And I have oxen, and asses, flocks, and menservants, and womenservants: and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find grace in thy sight.
His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east.
So the Lord blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Lest there be any fornicator or profane person,.... The first of these is guilty of a sin against the second table of the law, as well as against his own body; and which is opposed to the holiness the apostle had before exhorted to; such who are guilty of it, are not to be continued in the communion of the church; and it is a sin, which, lived in not repented of, excludes from the kingdom of heaven: the latter is one who is a transgressor of the first table of the law; who is an idolater, a swearer, a despiser of public worship and ordinances, and who behaves irreverently in divine service, and mocks at the future state, as Esau; to whom both these characters seem to belong: and this agrees with what the Jews say concerning him: they have a tradition w, that he committed five transgressions on the day he came out of the field weary.
"He committed idolatry: he shed innocent blood; and lay with a virgin betrothed; and denied the life of the world to come (or a future state); and despised his birthright.''
It is elsewhere x a little differently expressed.
"Esau, the wicked, committed five transgressions on that day: he lay with a virgin betrothed; and killed a person; and denied the resurrection of the dead; and denied the root, or foundation, (i.e. that there is a God,) and despised his birthright; and besides, he desired his father's death, and sought to slay his brother.''
It is common for them to say of him, that he was an ungodly man; and particularly, that he was a murderer, a robber, ונואף, "and an adulterer" y; and that he has no part in the world to come z: who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright; the account of which is in Genesis 25:29 this includes all the privileges which he had a right unto by being the firstborn; as a peculiar blessing from his father; a double portion of goods; and dominion over his brethren: and it is commonly said by the Jews, that the priesthood belonged to the firstborn, before the Levitical dispensation; and that for this reason, Jacob coveted the birthright a, Esau being a wicked man, and unfit for it. The birthright was reckoned sacred; it was typical of the primogeniture of Christ; of the adoption of saints, and of the heavenly inheritance belonging thereunto; all which were despised by Esau: and so the Jewish paraphrases b interpret the contempt of his birthright, a despising of his part in the world to come, and a denial of the resurrection of the dead: and his contempt of it was shown in his selling it; and this was aggravated by his selling it for "one morsel of meat"; which was bread, and pottage of lentiles, Genesis 25:34. The Jewish writers speak of this bargain and sale much in the same language as the apostle here does; they say c of him, this is the man that sold his birthright בעד ככר להם, "for a morsel of bread"; and apply to him the passage in Proverbs 28:21 "for a piece of bread that man will transgress".
w Targum Jon. ben Uzziel in Gen. xxv. 29. x Shemot Rabba, sect. I. fol. 89. 3. T. Bab. Bava Bathra, fol. 16. 2. y Tzeror Hammor, fol. 27. 1. z Tzeror Hammor, fol. 26. 3. a Bereshit Rabba, sect. 63. fol. 56. 2. b Targum Hieros. & Jon. in Gen. 25. 34. Bereshit Rabba, ib. c Tzeror Hammor, fol. 26. 4. & 27. 1.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Lest there be any fornicator - The sin here referred to is one of those which would spread corruption in the church, and against which they ought to be especially on their guard. Allusion is made to Esau as an example, who, himself a corrupt and profane man, for a trifle threw away the highest honor which as a son he could have. Many have regarded the word used here as referring to idolatry, or defection from the true religion to a false one - as the word is often used in the Old Testament - but it is more natural to understand it literally. The crime here mentioned was one which abounded everywhere in ancient times, as it does now, and it was important to guard the church against it; see the Acts 15:20 note; 1 Corinthians 6:18 note.
Or profane person - The word “profane” here refers to one who by word or conduct treats religion with contempt, or has no reverence for what is sacred. This may be shown by words; by the manner; by a sneer; by neglect of religion; or by openly renouncing the privileges which might be connected with our salvation. The allusion here is to one who should openly cast off all the hopes of religion for indulgence in temporary pleasure, as Esau gave up his birthright for a trifling gratification. In a similar manner, the young, for temporary gratification, neglect or despise all the privileges and hopes resulting from their being born in the bosom of the church; from being baptized and consecrated to God; and from being trained up in the lap of piety.
As Esau - It is clearly implied here that Esau sustained the character of a fornicator and a profane person. The former appellation is probably given to him to denote his licentiousness shown by his marrying many wives, and particularly foreigners, or the daughters of Canaan: see Genesis 36:2; compare Genesis 26:34-35. The Jewish writers abundantly declare that that was his character; see Wetstein, in loc. In proof that the latter appellation - that of a profane person - belonged to him, see Genesis 25:29-34. It is true that it is rather by inference, than by direct assertion, that it is known that he sustained this character. The birth-right, in his circumstances, was a high honor. The promise respecting the inheritance of the land of Canaan, the coming of the Messiah, and the preservation of the true religion, had been given to Abraham and Isaac, and was to be transmitted by them. As the oldest son, all the honor connected with this, and which is now associated with the name Jacob, would have properly appertained to Esau. But he undervalued it. He lived a licentious life. He followed his corrupt propensities, and gave the reins to indulgence. In a time of temporary distress, also, he showed how little he really valued all this, by bartering it away for a single meal of victuals. Rather than bear the evils of hunger for a short period, and evidently in a manner implying a great undervaluing of the honor which he held as the first-born son in a pious line, he agreed to surrender all the privileges connected with his birth. It was this which made the appellation appropriate to him; and this will make the appellation appropriate in any similar instance.
Who for one morsel of meat - The word “meat” here is used, as it is commonly in the Scriptures, in its primitive sense in English, to denote food: Genesis 25:34. The phrase here, “morsel of meat,” would be better rendered by “a single meal.”
Sold his birthright - The birth-right seems to have implied the first place or rank in the family; the privilege of offering sacrifice and conducting worship in the absence or death of the father; a double share of the inheritance, and in this instance the honor of being in the line of the patriarchs, and transmitting the promises made to Abraham and Isaac. What Esau parted with, we can easily understand by reflecting on the honors which have clustered around the name of Jacob.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 16. Lest there be any fornicator] Any licentious person who would turn the Gospel of the grace of God into lasciviousness.
Or profane person, as Esau — It is not intimated that Esau was a fornicator; and the disjunctive η, or, separates the profane person from the fornicator. And Esau is here termed profane, because he so far disregarded the spiritual advantages connected with his rights of primogeniture, that he alienated the whole for a single mess of pottage. See the note on "Genesis 25:34". The word βεβηλος, which we translate profane, is compounded of βε, which in composition has a negative signification, and βηλος, the threshold of a temple or sacred edifice; and was applied to those who were not initiated into the sacred mysteries, or who were despisers of sacred things, and consequently were to be denied admittance to the temple, and were not permitted to assist at holy rites. Indeed, among the Greeks βεβηλος signified any thing or person which was not consecrated to the gods. Hence, in the opening of their worship, they were accustomed to proclaim,
Procul, O procul, este profani! VIRG.
"Hence! O hence! ye profane."
And,
Odi profanum vulgus, et arceo. HOR.
"I abominate the profane vulgar, and drive them
from the temple."
The Latin profanus, from which we have our word, is compounded of procul a fano, "far from the temple," properly an irreligious man.
Sold his birthright. — The first-born, in patriarchal times,
1. Had a right to the priesthood, Exodus 22:29.
2. And a double portion of all the father's possessions, Deuteronomy 21:17.
3. And was lord over his brethren, Genesis 27:29; Genesis 27:37; Genesis 49:3.
4. And in the family of Abraham the first-born was the very source whence the Messiah as the Redeemer of the world, and the Church of God, were to spring. Farther,
5. The first-born had the right of conveying especial blessings and privileges when he came to die. See the case of Isaac and his two sons, Jacob and Esau, in the history to which the apostle alludes, Genesis 27:0; and that of Jacob and his twelve sons, Genesis 49:0;
In short, the rights of primogeniture were among the most noble, honourable, and spiritual in the ancient world.
