Genesis 27:43
41 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.
So now, my son, obey my voice and flee at once to my brother Laban in Haran.
44 Stay with him for a while, until your brother’s fury subsides—
45 until your brother’s rage against you wanes and he forgets what you have done to him. Then I will send for you and bring you back from there. Why should I lose both of you in one day?”
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- So now, my son, obey my voice and flee at once to my brother Laban in Haran.
- KJV
- Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; and arise, flee thou to Laban my brother to Haran;
- WEB
- Now therefore, my son, obey my voice. Arise, flee to Laban, my brother, in Haran.
- ASV
- Now therefore, my son, obey my voice. And arise, flee thou to Laban my brother to Haran.
- DARBY
- And now, my son, hearken to my voice, and arise, flee to Laban my brother, to Haran;
- BLB
- And now, my son, listen to my voice, and arise—flee for yourself to Laban my brother in Haran.
- ÅB
- Lyd nå mitt ord, min sønn: Gjør deg ferdig og flykt til min bror Laban i Karan,
- OTB
- Så nå, min sønn, adlyd min stemme og flykt straks til min bror Laban i Haran.
- B1930
- Lyd nu mitt ord, min sønn: Gjør dig ferdig og flykt til min bror Laban i Karan,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Genesis 11:31
And Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai the wife of Abram, and they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans for the land of Canaan. But when they arrived in Haran, they settled there.
Read in contextGenesis 27:8
Now, my son, listen to my voice and do exactly as I tell you.
Read in contextGenesis 27:13
His mother replied, “Your curse be on me, my son. Just obey my voice and go get them for me.”
Read in contextGenesis 24:29
Now Rebekah had a brother named Laban, and he rushed out to the man at the spring.
Read in contextProverbs 30:17
As for the eye that mocks a father and scorns obedience to a mother, may the ravens of the valley pluck it out and young vultures devour it.
Read in contextJeremiah 35:14
The words of Jonadab son of Rechab have been carried out. He commanded his sons not to drink wine, and they have not drunk it to this very day because they have obeyed the command of their forefather. But I have spoken to you again and again, and you have not obeyed Me!
Read in contextActs 5:29
But Peter and the other apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than men.
Read in contextGenesis 12:4–5
So Abram departed, as the LORD had directed him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran.
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