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Genesis 27:44

Anger

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.

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?”

46 Then Rebekah said to Isaac, “I am weary of my life because of these Hittite women. If Jacob takes a Hittite wife from among them, what good is my life?”

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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.

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BSB
Stay with him for a while, until your brother’s fury subsides—
KJV
And tarry with him a few days, until thy brother’s fury turn away;
WEB
Stay with him a few days, until your brother’s fury turns away—
ASV
And tarry with him a few days, until thy brother`s fury turn away.
DARBY
and abide with him some days, until thy brother's fury turn away
BLB
And you shall stay with him a few days, until the fury of your brother turns back—
ÅB
og bli hos ham en tid, til din brors vrede har lagt seg,
OTB
Bli hos ham en tid til din brors vrede legger seg.
B1930
og bli hos ham en tid, til din brors vrede har lagt sig,

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Cross references

  • Genesis 31:38

    I have been with you for twenty years now. Your sheep and goats have not miscarried, nor have I eaten the rams of your flock.

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  • Genesis 31:41

    Thus for twenty years I have served in your household—fourteen years for your two daughters and six years for your flocks—and you have changed my wages ten times!

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