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Genesis 27:40-42
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Genesis 27:40-42
Holman Christian Standard Bible
40 You will live by your sword,
and you will serve your brother.
But when you rebel,[a]
you will break his yoke from your neck.
Esau’s Anger
41 Esau held a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing his father had given him. And Esau determined in his heart: “The days of mourning for my father are approaching; then I will kill my brother Jacob.”
42 When the words of her older son Esau were reported to Rebekah, she summoned her younger son Jacob and said to him, “Listen, your brother Esau is consoling himself by planning to kill you.
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- Genesis 27:40 Hb obscure
Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
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