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Genesis 27:41

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Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father blessed him. Esau said in his heart, “The days of mourning for my father are at hand. Then I will kill my brother Jacob.”

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Genesis 27:41 in other translations

And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob.

Genesis 27:41 · American Standard Version

Genesis 27:41 in context

  1. 39Isaac his father answered him,
    “Behold, your dwelling will be of the fatness of the earth,
    and of the dew of the sky from above.
  2. 40You will live by your sword, and you will serve your brother.
    It will happen, when you will break loose,
    that you will shake his yoke from off your neck.”
  3. 41Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father blessed him. Esau said in his heart, “The days of mourning for my father are at hand. Then I will kill my brother Jacob.”
  4. 42The words of Esau, her elder son, were told to Rebekah. She sent and called Jacob, her younger son, and said to him, “Behold, your brother Esau comforts himself about you by planning to kill you.
  5. 43Now therefore, my son, obey my voice. Arise, flee to Laban, my brother, in Haran.