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What does sell one's birth right for red bean stew mean?
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The usual phrase is "first born child" not "birth right", but I'm assuming it means the same thing.
To trade your first born child for something means to give up your first baby in exchange for that thing. It's an expression of extreme desire for it.
To trade your "birth right" for it would mean giving up the ability to have children at all, in exchange for that thing. It would mean you want it even more than the usual saying. But I have never heard it said like this.
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A birthright is a child’s claim to his father’s possessions. It belongs to the firstborn son unless he chooses to sell it or give it up.
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It comes from the bible. Jacob and Esau were brothers. Esau was the eldest, and he had the birthright. One day, Esau was working in the fields and came home very hungry. He begged his brother Jacob to give him some stew, and Jacob agreed under one condition. He had to give Jacob his birthright in order to get the stew. Esau agreed. And that's where the story comes from :)
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I stand corrected. Thanks Josh and Beth!
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Thanks for relaying the story from Genesis, Beth. I didn't have time earlier to go into detail.
And no worries, ryuu.
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