You shall live by the sword and serve your brother. But when you rebel, you will tear his yoke from your neck." Context 40“By your sword you shall live,And your brother you shall serve; But it shall come about when you become restless, That you will break his yoke from your neck.” 41So Esau bore a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing with which his father had blessed him; and Esau said to himself, “The days of mourning for my father are near; then I will kill my brother Jacob.” 42Now when the words of her elder son Esau were reported to Rebekah, 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. 43“Now therefore, my son, obey my voice, and arise, flee to Haran, to my brother Laban! 44“Stay with him a few days, until your brother’s fury subsides, 45until your brother’s anger against you subsides and he forgets what you did to him. Then I will send and get you from there. Why should I be bereaved of you both in one day?” 46Rebekah said to Isaac, “I am tired of living because of the daughters of Heth; if Jacob takes a wife from the daughters of Heth, like these, from the daughters of the land, what good will my life be to me?” Links Genesis 27:40 NIVGenesis 27:40 NLT Genesis 27:40 ESV Genesis 27:40 NASB Genesis 27:40 KJV Genesis 27:40 Commentaries Bible Hub |
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