Genesis 27:41
39 His father Isaac answered him: “Behold, your dwelling place shall be away from the richness of the land, away from the dew of heaven above.
40 You shall live by the sword and serve your brother. But when you rebel, you will tear his yoke from your neck.”
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.”
42 When the words of her older son Esau were relayed to Rebekah, she sent for her younger son Jacob and told him, “Look, your brother Esau is consoling himself by plotting to kill you.
43 So now, my son, obey my voice and flee at once to my brother Laban in Haran.
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Sammenlign
- ÅB
- Og Esau hatet Jakob for den velsignelse som hans far hadde lyst over ham. Og Esau sa ved seg selv: Snart kommer den tid da vi må sørge over min far; da skal jeg slå Jakob, min bror, ihjel.
- OTB
- Så bar Esau nag til Jakob på grunn av velsignelsen hans far hadde gitt ham. Esau sa til seg selv: «Dagene for sorg over min far er nær; da vil jeg drepe min bror Jakob.»
- B1930
- Og Esau hatet Jakob for den velsignelse som hans far hadde lyst over ham. Og Esau sa ved sig selv: Snart kommer den tid da vi må sørge over min far; da skal jeg slå Jakob, min bror, ihjel.
- BSB
- 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.”
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father blessed him. Esau said in his heart, “The days of mourning for my father are at hand. Then I will kill my brother Jacob.”
- ASV
- 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.
- DARBY
- And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father had blessed him. And Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand, and I will slay my brother Jacob.
- BLB
- And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father had blessed him. And Esau said in his heart, “The days of mourning for my father draw near; then I will kill my brother Jacob.”
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1 John 3:12–15
Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did Cain slay him? Because his own deeds were evil, while those of his brother were righteous.
Les i sammenhengGenesis 37:4
When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated him and could not speak a kind word to him.
Les i sammenhengGenesis 50:3–4
taking the forty days required to complete the embalming. And the Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.
Les i sammenhengEphesians 4:26–27
“Be angry, yet do not sin.” Do not let the sun set upon your anger,
Les i sammenhengGenesis 32:6
When the messengers returned to Jacob, they said, “We went to your brother Esau, and now he is coming to meet you—he and four hundred men with him.”
Les i sammenhengProverbs 6:14
With deceit in his heart he devises evil; he continually sows discord.
Les i sammenhengObadiah 1:10–14
Because of the violence against your brother Jacob, you will be covered with shame and cut off forever.
Les i sammenhengEcclesiastes 7:9
Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger settles in the lap of a fool.
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