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Genesis 27:41

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¶ And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob.

And Esau {H6215} hated {H7852} Jacob {H3290} because {H5921} of the blessing {H1293} wherewith {H834} his father {H1} blessed him {H1288}: and Esau {H6215} said {H559} in his heart {H3820}, The days {H3117} of mourning {H60} for my father {H1} are at hand {H7126}; then will I slay {H2026} my brother {H251} Jacob {H3290}.

'Esav hated his brother because of the blessing his father had given him. 'Esav said to himself, "The time for mourning my father will soon come, and then I will kill my brother Ya'akov."

Esau held a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing his father had given him. And Esau said in his heart, “The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then I will kill my brother Jacob.”

And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob.

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Cross-References

  • Genesis 37:4 (6 votes)

    And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.

  • 1 John 3:12 (6 votes)

    Not as Cain, [who] was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous.

  • 1 John 3:15 (6 votes)

    Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.

  • Genesis 50:3 (5 votes)

    And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of those which are embalmed: and the Egyptians mourned for him threescore and ten days.

  • Genesis 50:4 (5 votes)

    And when the days of his mourning were past, Joseph spake unto the house of Pharaoh, saying, If now I have found grace in your eyes, speak, I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying,

  • Genesis 32:6 (3 votes)

    And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother Esau, and also he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him.

  • Ecclesiastes 7:9 (3 votes)

    Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.