Genesis 27:39-41

Common English Bible

³⁹His father Isaac responded and said to him,

“Now, you will make a home
    far away from the olive groves of the earth,
        far away from the showers of the sky above.
⁴⁰You will live by your sword;
        you will serve your brother.
But when you grow restless,^[a]
        you will tear away his harness
        from your neck.”

Jacob sent away for protection

⁴¹Esau was furious at Jacob because his father had blessed him, and Esau said to himself, When the period of mourning for the death of my father is over, I will kill my brother.

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