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Genesis 27:40-42
New King James Version
Genesis 27:40-42
New King James Version
40 By your sword you shall live,
And (A)you shall serve your brother;
And (B)it shall come to pass, when you become restless,
That you shall break his yoke from your neck.”
Jacob Escapes from Esau
41 So Esau (C)hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father blessed him, and Esau said in his heart, (D)“The days of mourning for my father [a]are at hand; (E)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 (F)comforts himself concerning you by intending to kill you.
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