And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he swore unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Swore; and still we find him enraged above measure, when Isaac had, by mistake, ratified the transfer of the birth-right to Jacob; (Chap. xxvii. 41.) whence we may gather, that he did not intend to perform what he promised, even with the solemnity of an oath; which renders him still more deserving of the title profane, which St. Paul gives him. (Haydock)
