Verse 42
Genesis 27:42
GOD'S WORD Translation
42
The words of Esau, her elder son, were told to Rebekah. She sent and called Jacob, her younger son, and said to him, “Behold, your brother Esau comforts himself about you by planning to kill you.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֻּגַּ֣ד לְ/רִבְקָ֔ה אֶת דִּבְרֵ֥י עֵשָׂ֖ו בְּנָ֣/הּ הַ/גָּדֹ֑ל וַ/תִּשְׁלַ֞ח וַ/תִּקְרָ֤א לְ/יַעֲקֹב֙ בְּנָ֣/הּ הַ/קָּטָ֔ן וַ/תֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלָ֔י/ו הִנֵּה֙ עֵשָׂ֣ו אָחִ֔י/ךָ מִתְנַחֵ֥ם לְ/ךָ֖ לְ/הָרְגֶֽ/ךָ
English Translation
And it was told to Rebekah the words of Esau her elder son, and she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said to him, “Behold, Esau your brother is comforting himself concerning you to kill you.”
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Chapter 27 Context
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When Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his elder son, a...
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He said, “See now, I am old. I don’t know the day of my death.
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Now therefore, please take your weapons, your quiver and your bow, and go out to the field, and take...
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Make me savory food, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat, and that my soul may bless...
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Rebekah heard when Isaac spoke to Esau his son. Esau went to the field to hunt for venison, and to b...
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Rebekah spoke to Jacob her son, saying, “Behold, I heard your father speak to Esau your brother, say...
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‘Bring me venison, and make me savory food, that I may eat, and bless you before Yahweh before my de...
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Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command you.
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9
Go now to the flock and get me two good young goats from there. I will make them savory food for you...
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You shall bring it to your father, that he may eat, so that he may bless you before his death.”
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11
Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, “Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man.
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What if my father touches me? I will seem to him as a deceiver, and I would bring a curse on myself,...
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13
His mother said to him, “Let your curse be on me, my son. Only obey my voice, and go get them for me...
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He went, and got them, and brought them to his mother. His mother made savory food, such as his fath...
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15
Rebekah took the good clothes of Esau, her elder son, which were with her in the house, and put them...
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16
She put the skins of the young goats on his hands, and on the smooth of his neck.
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She gave the savory food and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob.
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He came to his father, and said, “My father?”
He said, “Here I am. Who are you, my son?”
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19
Jacob said to his father, “I am Esau your firstborn. I have done what you asked me to do. Please ari...
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20
Isaac said to his son, “How is it that you have found it so quickly, my son?”
He said, “Because Yahw...
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21
Isaac said to Jacob, “Please come near, that I may feel you, my son, whether you are really my son E...
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22
Jacob went near to Isaac his father. He felt him, and said, “The voice is Jacob’s voice, but the han...
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He didn’t recognize him, because his hands were hairy, like his brother, Esau’s hands. So he blessed...
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24
He said, “Are you really my son Esau?”
He said, “I am.”
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He said, “Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son’s venison, that my soul may bless you.”
He b...
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26
His father Isaac said to him, “Come near now, and kiss me, my son.”
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27
He came near, and kissed him. He smelled the smell of his clothing, and blessed him, and said,
“Beho...
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28
God (Elohim) give you of the dew of the sky,
of the fatness of the earth,
and plenty of grain and ne...
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Let peoples serve you,
and nations bow down to you.
Be lord over your brothers.
Let your mother’s so...
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30
As soon as Isaac had finished blessing Jacob, and Jacob had just gone out from the presence of Isaac...
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He also made savory food, and brought it to his father. He said to his father, “Let my father arise,...
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32
Isaac his father said to him, “Who are you?”
He said, “I am your son, your firstborn, Esau.”
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Isaac trembled violently, and said, “Who, then, is he who has taken venison, and brought it me, and...
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34
When Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with an exceeding great and bitter cry, and said t...
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35
He said, “Your brother came with deceit, and has taken away your blessing.”
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36
He said, “Isn’t he rightly named Jacob? For he has supplanted me these two times. He took away my bi...
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37
Isaac answered Esau, “Behold, I have made him your lord, and all his brothers I have given to him fo...
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38
Esau said to his father, “Have you but one blessing, my father? Bless me, even me also, my father.”...
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39
Isaac his father answered him,
“Behold, of the fatness of the earth will be your dwelling,
and of th...
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40
By your sword will you live, and you will serve your brother.
It will happen, when you will break lo...
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41
Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father blessed him. Esau said in his heart,...
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42
The words of Esau, her elder son, were told to Rebekah. She sent and called Jacob, her younger son,...
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Now therefore, my son, obey my voice. Arise, flee to Laban, my brother, in Haran.
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44
Stay with him a few days, until your brother’s fury turns away;
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until your brother’s anger turn away from you, and he forgets what you have done to him. Then I will...
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46
Rebekah said to Isaac, “I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth. If Jacob takes a wif...
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