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Genesis 27:40-42
New American Standard Bible
Genesis 27:40-42
New American Standard Bible
40 And by your sword you shall live,
And (A)you shall serve your brother;
But it shall come about (B)when you become restless,
That you will [a]break his yoke from your neck.”
41 So Esau (C)held a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing with which his father had blessed him; and Esau said [b]to himself, “(D)The days of mourning for my father are near; then I will kill my brother Jacob.” 42 Now when the words of her elder son Esau were reported to Rebekah, she sent word 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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- Genesis 27:40 Lit tear off
- Genesis 27:41 Lit in his heart
Genesis 27:40-42
New International Version
Genesis 27:40-42
New International Version
40 You will live by the sword
and you will serve(A) your brother.(B)
But when you grow restless,
you will throw his yoke
from off your neck.(C)”
41 Esau held a grudge(D) against Jacob(E) because of the blessing his father had given him. He said to himself, “The days of mourning(F) for my father are near; then I will kill(G) my brother Jacob.”(H)
42 When Rebekah was told what her older son Esau(I) had said, she sent for her younger son Jacob and said to him, “Your brother Esau is planning to avenge himself by killing you.(J)
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