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The devil doth not know the hearts of men; but he may feel their pulse, know their temper, and so, accordingly, can apply himself. As the husbandman knows what seed is proper to sow in such soil; so Satan, finding out the temper, knows what temptation is proper to sow in such a heart. That way the tide of a man's constitution runs, that way the wind of temptation blows. Satan tempts the ambitious man with a crown, the sanguine man with beauty, the covetous man with a wedge of gold. He provides savoury meat, such as the sinner loves.

(T. Watson.)

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KJV: Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright.

WEB: lest there be any sexually immoral person, or profane person, like Esau, who sold his birthright for one meal.