Genesis 27:40

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Genesis 27:38–42 · Berean Standard Bible

38 Esau said to his father, “Do you have only one blessing, my father? Bless me too, O my father!” Then Esau wept aloud.

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.”

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.

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Genesis 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.”

Matthew 10:34

Do not assume that I have come to bring peace to the earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword.

Genesis 25:23

and He declared to her: “Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples from within you will be separated; one people will be stronger than the other, and the older will serve the younger.”

2 Samuel 8:14

He placed garrisons throughout Edom, and all the Edomites were subject to David. So the LORD made David victorious wherever he went.

1 Kings 11:15

Earlier, when David was in Edom, Joab the commander of the army had gone to bury the dead and had struck down every male in Edom.

1 Kings 11:16

Joab and all Israel had stayed there six months, until he had killed every male in Edom.

1 Kings 11:17

But Hadad, still just a young boy, had fled to Egypt, along with some Edomites who were servants of his father.

2 Kings 14:7

Amaziah struck down 10,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt. He took Sela in battle and called it Joktheel, which is its name to this very day.

2 Kings 14:10

You have indeed defeated Edom, and your heart has become proud. Glory in that and stay at home. Why should you stir up trouble so that you fall—you and Judah with you?”

1 Chronicles 18:11

and King David dedicated these to the LORD, along with the silver and gold he had carried off from all these nations—from Edom and Moab, and from the Ammonites, Philistines, and Amalekites.

1 Chronicles 18:12

Moreover, Abishai son of Zeruiah struck down eighteen thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt.

1 Chronicles 18:13

He placed garrisons in Edom, and all the Edomites were subject to David. So the LORD made David victorious wherever he went.

2 Chronicles 25:11

Amaziah, however, summoned his strength and led his troops to the Valley of Salt, where he struck down 10,000 men of Seir,

2 Chronicles 25:12

and the army of Judah also captured 10,000 men alive. They took them to the top of a cliff and threw them down so that all were dashed to pieces.

Psalms 60:8

Moab is My washbasin; upon Edom I toss My sandal; over Philistia I shout in triumph.”

Obadiah 1:17

But on Mount Zion there will be deliverance, and it will be holy, and the house of Jacob will reclaim their possession.

Obadiah 1:18

Then the house of Jacob will be a blazing fire, and the house of Joseph a burning flame; but the house of Esau will be stubble— Jacob will set it ablaze and consume it. Therefore no survivor will remain from the house of Esau.” For the LORD has spoken.

Obadiah 1:19

Those from the Negev will possess the mountains of Esau; those from the foothills will possess the land of the Philistines. They will occupy the fields of Ephraim and Samaria, and Benjamin will possess Gilead.

Obadiah 1:20

And the exiles of this host of the Israelites will possess the land of the Canaanites as far as Zarephath; and the exiles from Jerusalem who are in Sepharad will possess the cities of the Negev.

Obadiah 1:21

The deliverers will ascend Mount Zion to rule over the mountains of Esau. And the kingdom will belong to the LORD.

2 Kings 8:20

In the days of Jehoram, Edom rebelled against the hand of Judah and appointed their own king.

2 Kings 8:21

So Jehoram crossed over to Zair with all his chariots. When the Edomites surrounded him and his chariot commanders, he rose up and attacked by night. His troops, however, fled to their homes.

2 Kings 8:22

So to this day Edom has been in rebellion against the hand of Judah. Likewise, Libnah rebelled at the same time.

2 Chronicles 21:8

In the days of Jehoram, Edom rebelled against the hand of Judah and appointed their own king.

2 Chronicles 21:10

So to this day Edom has been in rebellion against the hand of Judah. Likewise, Libnah rebelled against his rule at the same time, because Jehoram had forsaken the LORD, the God of his fathers.

2 Chronicles 28:17

The Edomites had again come and attacked Judah and carried away captives.