Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me?
How long have I to live, that I should go up with the king unto Jerusalem?
Is not the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abiezer?
Mine age is as nothing before Thee.
O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!
Shall we recive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil?
The character of a people may be ruined by charity.