Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright.
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Parallel translations
4 additional translationslest 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 is sexually immoral, or is godless like Esau, who for a single meal sold his birthright.
lest any one be a fornicator, or a profane person, as Esau, who in exchange for one morsel of food did sell his birthright,
lest [there be] any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one meal sold his birthright;
About this book
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About this book
New TestamentHebrews — The NT's most sustained Old-Testament argument — an extended demonstration that Jesus is ‘better than’ every institution Judaism knew. Priesthood, covenant, tabernacle, sacrifice: all fulfilled in one great high priest.
- Author
- Unknown — the book itself does not name its author. Traditional attribution is Pauline (Clement of Alexandria, Origen, much of the Eastern church); Luther proposed Apollos; Tertullian preferred Barnabas; Harnack proposed Priscilla. Site does not adjudicate
- Date
- Mid-to-late 1st century AD, almost certainly before AD 70 (the book argues against the ongoing Temple liturgy as if the Temple still stands)