Hebrews 12, Ether 15

16 Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright.
17 For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears.

I guess I don't understand birthright. It seems to me that if you have something, you can decide what to do with it. If I am willed a piece of land, I can give it away or neglect it or whatever I want. Birthright must be a bigger deal.

Ether 15

30 And it came to pass that when Coriantumr had leaned upon his sword, that he rested a little, he smote off the head of Shiz.
31 And it came to pass that after he had smitten off the head of Shiz, that Shiz raised up on his hands and fell; and after that he had struggled for breath, he died.
32 And it came to pass that Coriantumr fell to the earth, and became as if he had no life.

This is quite gruesome.

33 And the Lord spake unto Ether, and said unto him: Go forth. And he went forth, and beheld that the words of the Lord had all been fulfilled; and he finished his record; (and the hundredth part I have not written) and he hid them in a manner that the people of Limhi did find them.

But at least it fulfilled a prophecy. It also says that the hundredth part he did not write... If all the scriptures were included this book would be huge.