Genesis 27:41 “Esau held a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing his father ha…”

Genesis 27:41

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.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob.

World English Bible

Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father blessed him. Esau said in his heart, “The days of mourning for my father are at hand. Then I will kill my brother Jacob.”

American Standard Version

And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob.

Geneva Bible 1599

Therefore Esau hated Iaakob, because of the blessing, wherewith his father blessed him. And Esau thought in his minde, The dayes of mourning for my father will come shortly, then I will slay may brother Iaakob.

Darby Translation

And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father had blessed him. And Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand, and I will slay my brother Jacob.

Young's Literal Translation

And Esau hateth Jacob, because of the blessing with which his father blessed him, and Esau saith in his heart, 'The days of mourning [for] my father draw near, and I slay Jacob my brother.'

Bible in Basic English

So Esau was full of hate for Jacob because of his father's blessing; and he said in his heart, The days of weeping for my father are near; then I will put my brother Jacob to death.

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Cross references

“hated”

1 John 3:12–15 Genesis 37:4 Genesis 37:8 Ezekiel 25:12–15 Obadiah 1:10–14 Genesis 4:2–8

1 John 3:12–15 · BSB

Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did Cain slay him? Because his own deeds were evil, while those of his brother were righteous.

Genesis 37:4 · BSB

When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated him and could not speak a kind word to him.

Genesis 37:8 · BSB

“Do you intend to reign over us?” his brothers asked. “Will you actually rule us?” So they hated him even more because of his dream and his statements.

Ezekiel 25:12–15 · BSB

This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because Edom acted vengefully against the house of Judah, and in so doing incurred grievous guilt,

Obadiah 1:10–14 · BSB

Because of the violence against your brother Jacob, you will be covered with shame and cut off forever.

Genesis 4:2–8 · BSB

Later she gave birth to Cain’s brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, while Cain was a tiller of the soil.

“The days”

Genesis 35:29 Deuteronomy 34:8 2 Chronicles 35:24 Psalm 35:14 Genesis 50:3 Genesis 50:4

Genesis 35:29 · BSB

Then he breathed his last and died and was gathered to his people, old and full of years. And his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.

Deuteronomy 34:8 · BSB

The Israelites grieved for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days, until the time of weeping and mourning for Moses came to an end.

2 Chronicles 35:24 · BSB

So his servants took him out of his chariot, put him in his second chariot, and brought him to Jerusalem, where he died. And Josiah was buried in the tomb of his fathers, and all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for him.

Psalm 35:14 · BSB

I paced about as for my friend or brother; I was bowed down with grief, like one mourning for his mother.

Genesis 50:3 · BSB

taking the forty days required to complete the embalming. And the Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.

Genesis 50:4 · BSB

When the days of mourning had passed, Joseph said to Pharaoh’s court, “If I have found favor in your eyes, please tell Pharaoh that

“then”

Genesis 32:6 Proverbs 6:14 Ecclesiastes 7:9 Psalm 37:16 Psalm 142:3 Proverbs 1:16

Genesis 32:6 · BSB

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.”

Proverbs 6:14 · BSB

With deceit in his heart he devises evil; he continually sows discord.

Ecclesiastes 7:9 · BSB

Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger settles in the lap of a fool.

Psalm 37:16 · BSB

Better is the little of the righteous than the abundance of many who are wicked.

Psalm 142:3 · BSB

Although my spirit grows faint within me, You know my way. Along the path I travel they have hidden a snare for me.

Proverbs 1:16 · BSB

For their feet run to evil, and they are swift to shed blood.

Also

Genesis 32:11

Genesis 32:11 · BSB

Please deliver me from the hand of my brother Esau, for I am afraid that he may come and attack me and the mothers and children with me.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

40You shall live by the sword and serve your brother. But when you rebel, you will tear his yoke from your neck.”

42When 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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