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45 Stay there[a] until your brother’s anger against you subsides and he forgets what you did to him. Then I’ll send someone to bring you back from there.[b] Why should I lose both of you in one day?”[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 27:45 tn The words “stay there” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.
  2. Genesis 27:45 tn Heb “and I will send and I will take you from there.” The verb “send” has no object in the Hebrew text; one must be supplied in the translation. Either “someone” or “a message” could be supplied, but since in those times a message would require a messenger, “someone” has been used.
  3. Genesis 27:45 tn If Jacob stayed, he would be killed and Esau would be forced to run away.

45 When your brother is no longer angry with you and forgets what you did to him,(A) I’ll send word for you to come back from there.(B) Why should I lose both of you in one day?”

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