Genesis 27:41-45

New Catholic Bible

⁴¹ Jacob Flees to Mesopotamia.^[a] Esau hated Jacob on account of the blessing that his father had given him. Esau thought, “The time to mourn my father is drawing near; then I will kill my brother Jacob.”

⁴² When Rebekah was told what Esau, her older son, had said, she called Jacob, her younger son, and said, “Esau your brother wants to get even with you by killing you. ⁴³ So obey me, my son. Rise, and flee to Haran, to my brother Laban. ⁴⁴ Remain with him for some time, till your brother’s anger has calmed. ⁴⁵ When the fury of your brother is soothed and he has forgotten what you did to him, I will send for you to bring you back from there. Why should I be deprived of the two of you in a single day?”