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Genesis 27:42
Genesis 27:42 is verse 42 of Genesis chapter 27, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
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.
King James Version
And these words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebekah: and she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said unto him, Behold, thy brother Esau, as touching thee, doth comfort himself, purposing to kill thee.
World English Bible
The words of Esau, her elder son, were told to Rebekah. She sent and called Jacob, her younger son, and said to him, “Behold, your brother Esau comforts himself about you by planning to kill you.
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Genesis 27:40–44 · Berean Standard Bible
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.
43 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—
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Genesis 37:18Now Joseph’s brothers saw him in the distance, and before he arrived, they plotted to kill him.
Genesis 37:19“Here comes that dreamer!” they said to one another.
Genesis 37:20“Come now, let us kill him and throw him into one of the pits. We can say that a vicious animal has devoured him. Then we shall see what becomes of his dreams!”
Genesis 42:21Then they said to one another, “Surely we are being punished because of our brother. We saw his anguish when he pleaded with us, but we would not listen. That is why this distress has come upon us.”
Genesis 42:22And Reuben responded, “Didn’t I tell you not to sin against the boy? But you would not listen. Now we must account for his blood!”
1 Samuel 30:5David’s two wives, Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail the widow of Nabal of Carmel, had been taken captive.
Job 20:12Though evil is sweet in his mouth and he conceals it under his tongue,
Job 20:13though he cannot bear to let it go and keeps it in his mouth,
Job 20:14yet in his stomach his food sours into the venom of cobras within him.
Psalms 64:5They hold fast to their evil purpose; they speak of hiding their snares. “Who will see them?” they say.
Proverbs 2:14from those who enjoy doing evil and rejoice in the twistedness of evil,
Proverbs 4:16For they cannot sleep unless they do evil; they are deprived of slumber until they make someone fall.
Proverbs 4:17For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.