Jacob Escapes from Esau

⁴¹ So Esau ^(A)hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father blessed him, and Esau said in his heart, ^(B)“The days of mourning for my father ^[a]are at hand; ^(C)then I will kill my brother Jacob.”

⁴² And the words of Esau her older son were told to Rebekah. So she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said to him, “Surely your brother Esau ^(D)comforts himself concerning you by intending to kill you. ⁴³ Now therefore, my son, obey my voice: arise, flee to my brother Laban ^(E)in Haran. ⁴⁴ And stay with him a ^(F)few days, until your brother’s fury turns away, ⁴⁵ until your brother’s anger turns away from you, and he forgets what you have done to him; then I will send and bring you from there. Why should I be bereaved also of you both in one day?”

⁴⁶ And Rebekah said to Isaac, ^(G)“I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth; ^(H)if Jacob takes a wife of the daughters of Heth, like these who are the daughters of the land, what good will my life be to me?”

Jacob’s Vow at Bethel

¹⁰ Now Jacob ^(A)went out from Beersheba and went toward ^(B)Haran.