Genesis 27:40-42

Names of God Bible

⁴⁰You will use your sword to live,
    and you will serve your brother.
        But eventually you will gain your freedom^[a]
            and break his yoke^[b] off your neck.”

⁴¹So Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing that his father had given him. Esau said to himself, “The time to mourn for my father is near. Then I’ll kill my brother Jacob.”

⁴²When Rebekah was told what her older son Esau had said, she sent for her younger son Jacob and said to him, “Watch out! Your brother Esau is comforting himself by planning to kill you.^[c]

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Footnotes

Genesis 27:40 Hebrew meaning uncertain.
Genesis 27:40 A yoke is a wooden bar placed over the necks of work animals so that they can pull plows or carts.
Genesis 27:42 English equivalent difficult.