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40 By your sword you shall live,
And your brother (A)you shall serve;
But it shall be (B)when you become restless,
That you will [a]break his yoke from your neck.”

41 So Esau (C)bore a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing with which his father had blessed him; and Esau said in his heart, “(D)The days of mourning for my father are near; then I will kill my brother Jacob.” 42 Then the words of her elder son Esau were told to Rebekah. So she sent and called her younger son Jacob and said to him, “Behold, your brother Esau is consoling himself concerning you by planning to kill you.

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  1. Genesis 27:40 Lit tear off