Font Size
Genesis 27:39-41
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Genesis 27:39-41
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
39 Then his father Isaac answered him:
“See, away from the fatness of the earth shall your home be
and away from the dew of heaven on high.(A)
40 By your sword you shall live,
and you shall serve your brother,
but when you break loose,[a]
you shall break his yoke from your neck.”(B)
Jacob Escapes Esau’s Fury
41 Now Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father had blessed him, and Esau said to himself, “The days of mourning for my father are approaching; then I will kill my brother Jacob.”(C)
Read full chapterFootnotes
- 27.40 Meaning of Heb uncertain
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition (NRSVUE)
New Revised Standard Version, Updated Edition. Copyright © 2021 National Council of Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.