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Genesis 27:40-42
EasyEnglish Bible
Genesis 27:40-42
EasyEnglish Bible
40 You will have to fight to get the things that you need.
You will serve your brother as your master.
But when you choose to turn against him,
you will become free from his power over you.’[a]
41 Because Isaac had blessed Jacob, Esau hated his younger brother Jacob. Esau said quietly, ‘My father will die soon. When we have buried his body, I will kill my brother.’ 42 Someone told Rebekah what her older son, Esau, had said. So she told her younger son, Jacob, to come to her. She said to him, ‘Your brother Esau wants to kill you, because of what you did to him.
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- 27:40 This was the only blessing that Isaac could give Esau. He could not take back the blessing that he gave to Jacob.
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