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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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 27:40 Lit tear off
  2. Genesis 27:41 Lit in his heart

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