Verse 17

But he shall knowe the sonne off the hated for his firstborne, that he geue hym dowble off all that he hath. For he is the first off his strength, and to him belongeth the right of the firstborneshippe.

Referenced Verses

• Gen 49:3 : 3 Ruben thou art myne eldest sonne my myghte and the begynnynge of my strength chefe in receauynge and chefe in power.
• Gen 25:31-34 : 31 And Iacob sayde: sell me this daye thy byrthrighte. 32 And Esau answered: Loo I am at the poynte to dye and what profit shall this byrthrighte do me? 33 And Iacob sayde swere to me then this daye. And he swore to him and sold his byrthrighte vnto Iacob. 34 Than Iacob gaue Esau brede and potage of redde ryse. And he ate and dronke and rose vp and went his waye. And so Esau regarded not his byrthrighte.
• Gen 25:5-6 : 5 But Abraha gaue all that he had vnto Isaac. 6 And vnto the sonnes of his concubines he haue giftes and sent them awaye from Isaac his sonne (while he yet lyved) east ward vnto the east contre.