Genesis 27:40
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40 By your sword you shall live,
and you (A)shall serve your brother;
but when you grow restless
(B)you shall break his yoke from your neck.”
2 Kings 8:20-22
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20 In his days Edom revolted from the rule of Judah and set up (A)a king of their own. 21 Then Joram[a] passed over to Zair with all his chariots and rose by night, and he and his chariot commanders struck the Edomites who had surrounded him, but his army (B)fled home. 22 (C)So Edom revolted from the rule of Judah to this day. Then (D)Libnah revolted at the same time.
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- 2 Kings 8:21 Joram is an alternate spelling of Jehoram (the son of Jehoshaphat) as in verse 16; also verses 23, 24
Genesis 25:23
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23 And the Lord said to her,
(A)“Two nations are in your womb,
and two peoples from within you[a] shall be divided;
(B)the one shall be stronger than the other,
(C)the older shall serve the younger.”
Footnotes
- Genesis 25:23 Or from birth
2 Samuel 8:14
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14 Then he put garrisons in Edom; throughout all Edom he put garrisons, (A)and all the Edomites became David's servants. And the Lord gave victory to David wherever he went.
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Psalm 60:8
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- Psalm 60:8 Revocalization (compare Psalm 108:10); Masoretic Text over me, O Philistia, shout in triumph
Obadiah 17-21
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17 (A)But in Mount Zion there shall be those who escape,
and it shall be holy,
(B)and the house of Jacob shall possess their own possessions.
18 (C)The house of Jacob shall be a fire,
and the house of Joseph a flame,
and the house of Esau (D)stubble;
they shall burn them and consume them,
(E)and there shall be no survivor for the house of Esau,
for the Lord has spoken.
The Kingdom of the Lord
19 Those of (F)the Negeb (G)shall possess (H)Mount Esau,
and those of the Shephelah shall possess (I)the land of the Philistines;
they shall possess the land of Ephraim and the land of (J)Samaria,
and Benjamin shall possess Gilead.
20 The exiles of this host of the people of Israel
shall possess the land of the Canaanites as far as (K)Zarephath,
and the exiles of Jerusalem who are in Sepharad
shall possess the cities of the Negeb.
21 (L)Saviors shall go up to Mount Zion
to rule (M)Mount Esau,
and (N)the kingdom shall be the Lord's.
2 Chronicles 28:17
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17 For the Edomites had again invaded and defeated Judah and carried away captives.
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2 Chronicles 25:11-12
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11 But Amaziah took courage and led out his people and went to the (A)Valley of Salt and struck down (B)10,000 men of Seir. 12 The men of Judah captured another 10,000 alive and took them to the top of a rock and threw them down from the top of the rock, and they were all dashed to pieces.
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2 Chronicles 21:10
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10 So Edom revolted from (A)the rule of Judah to this day. At that time Libnah also revolted from his rule, because he had forsaken the Lord, the God of his fathers.
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2 Chronicles 21:8
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8 In his days Edom revolted from the (A)rule of Judah and set up a king of their own.
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1 Chronicles 18:11-13
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11 These also King David dedicated to the Lord, together with the silver and gold that he had carried off from all the nations, from (A)Edom, Moab, the Ammonites, the Philistines, and Amalek.
12 And (B)Abishai, the son of Zeruiah, killed 18,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt. 13 Then he put garrisons in Edom, and all the Edomites became David's servants. And the Lord gave victory to David wherever he went.
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2 Kings 14:10
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10 You have indeed (A)struck down Edom, (B)and your heart has lifted you up. Be content with your glory, and stay at home, for why should you provoke trouble so that you fall, you and Judah with you?”
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2 Kings 14:7
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7 (A)He struck down ten thousand Edomites in (B)the Valley of Salt and took (C)Sela by storm, and called it (D)Joktheel, which is its name to this day.
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1 Kings 11:15-17
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15 For (A)when David was in Edom, and Joab the commander of the army went up to bury the slain, he struck down every male in Edom 16 (for Joab and all Israel remained there six months, until he had cut off every male in Edom). 17 But Hadad fled to Egypt, together with certain Edomites of his father's servants, Hadad still being a little child.
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Matthew 10:34
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Not Peace, but a Sword
34 (A)“Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. (B)I have not come to bring peace, but a sword.
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Genesis 32:6
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6 And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, “We came to your brother Esau, and (A)he is coming to meet you, and there are four hundred men with him.”
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