Toldos 25:33 · EXTRA

Parashas Toldos · Passuk 25:33

The Complete Passuk

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר יַעֲקֹ֗ב הִשָּׁ֤בְעָה לִּי֙ כַּיּ֔וֹם וַיִּשָּׁבַ֖ע ל֑וֹ וַיִּמְכֹּ֥ר אֶת־בְּכֹרָת֖וֹ לְיַעֲקֹֽב׃

But Yaakov said, “Swear to me as this day.” So he swore to him, and sold his birthright to Yaakov.

Classical on the oath of sale (classical source on this passuk; not listed as a numbered Torah Temimah unit here).

Lemma / focus: השבעה לי כיום.

Core Text

הִשָּׁבְעָה לִּי מְכִירָה גְּמוּרָה כַּיּוֹם הַזֶּה, וַיִּשָּׁבַע לוֹ וַיִּמְכֹּר אֶת בְּכֹרָתוֹ.

English: Swear to me a complete sale as this day; he swore to him and sold his birthright.

On the daf / in context: The sale is sealed by oath so that the transfer of the birthright cannot later be denied.

Derash on the verse (plain sense with classical emphasis) — not a formal named middah of the 13: the oath makes the sale of the birthright final.

Yaakov required an oath that very day; Esav swore and sold the birthright, sealing a transfer that could not be undone by later denial.