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OET (OET-LV) And_he/it_said ˊĒsāv here I [am]_going to_die and_for_what this to_me [is]_a_birthright.
OET (OET-RV) “Listen, I’m dying of starvation,” said Esaw, “so what use would a future inheritance be to me?”
Note 1 topic: writing-quotations
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר עֵשָׂ֔ו
and=he/it_said ˊĒsāv
Alternate translation: “Esau said to him,”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / hyperbole
הִנֵּ֛ה אָנֹכִ֥י הוֹלֵ֖ךְ לָמ֑וּת
see/lo/see! I am_about_to to,die
Esau is using hyperbole or exaggeration here to emphasize how hungry he is. Consider what is the best way to communicate that in your language. Alternate translation: “Listen, I am so hungry that I feel like I am going to die!”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion
וְלָמָּה זֶּ֥ה לִ֖י בְּכֹרָֽה
and=for=what? this to=me birthright
Esau uses a rhetorical question to emphasize his point about how hungry he is. Consider whether or not a rhetorical question works well here in your language. Alternate translation: “So how will my birthright benefit me if I die?” or “So my birthright is of no benefit to me right now!”
25:27-34 Jacob and Esau each developed in accord with his initial characteristics (25:24-26). Esau, the reddish, hairy man, cared about physical things rather than spiritual things (see Heb 12:16); he was finally overcome by physical appetites and sold his birthright. Jacob, the heel grabber, knew the birthright’s value and drove a ruthless bargain to gain it presumptuously from his brother.
OET (OET-LV) And_he/it_said ˊĒsāv here I [am]_going to_die and_for_what this to_me [is]_a_birthright.
OET (OET-RV) “Listen, I’m dying of starvation,” said Esaw, “so what use would a future inheritance be to me?”
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.