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Genesis 27:40

And you shall live by your sword, and shall serve your brother; and there shall be a time when you shall break and loosen his yoke from off your neck.

LXX2012 (US English)

In The King James Version

And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck.

In Context

39And Isaac his father answered and said to him, Behold, your dwelling shall be of the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above.

41And Esau was angry with Jacob because of the blessing, with which his father blessed him; and Esau said in his mind, Let the days of my father's mourning draw near, that I may kill my brother Jacob.

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Cross References

Genesis 27:29And let nations serve you, and princes bow down to you, and be you lord of your brother, and the sons of your father shall do you reverence; accursed is he that curses you, and blessed is he that blesses you.

2 Samuel 8:14And he set garrisons in Idumea, even in all Idumea: and all the Idumeans were servants to the king. And the Lord preserved David wherever he went.

2 Kings 8:20In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Juda, and they made a king over + 8:20 Gr. himself. themselves.

2 Kings 14:10You have struck and wounded Edom, and your heart has lifted you up: + 14:10 Gr. glorify yourself sitting in your house. stay at home and glorify yourself; for therefore are you quarrelsome to your hurt? So both you will fall and Juda with you.

2 Chronicles 21:8In those days Edom revolted from Juda, and they made a king over themselves.

2 Chronicles 25:11And Amasias strengthened himself, and took his people, and went to the valley of salt, and struck there the children of Seir ten thousand.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 27:31-41

The Blessing Pronounced on Jacob and Esau. ( b. c. 1760.) 30 And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob was yet scarce gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting. 31 And he also had made savoury meat, and brought it unto his father, and said unto his father, Let my father arise, and eat of his son's venison, that thy soul may bless me. 32 And Isaac his father said unto him, Who art thou? And he said, I am thy son, thy… Read the whole commentary →

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