Genesis 25:32

“And Esau said, behold, I [am] at the point to die, etc.] Or, “going to die” f1414, going the way of all flesh; which he might say on account of the common frailty and mortality of man, and the brevity of life at most, or by reason of the danger of life he was always exposed to in hunting of wild beasts, as Aben Ezra suggests; or rather, because of his present hunger and faintness, which, unless immediately relieved, must issue in death. Dr. Lightfoot f1415 thinks it was now the time of the famine spoken of in the following chapter, (<012601>Genesis 26:1): and what profit shall this birthright do to me? a dying man, or when dead? In such a case, all the privileges of it in course would…”

“Esau said . . . I am at the point to die--that is, I am running daily risk of my life; and of what use will the birthright be to me: so he despised or cared little about it, in comparison with gratifying his appetite--he threw away his religious privileges for a trifle; and thence he is styled "a profane person" (Heb 12:16; also Job 31:7, Job 31:16; Job 6:13; Phi 3:19). "There was never any meat, except the forbidden fruit, so dear bought, as this broth of Jacob" [BISHOP HALL]. Next: Genesis Chapter 26”