Genesis 27:40 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

⁴⁰ And by thy sword shalt thou live, and thou shalt serve thy brother; And it shall come to pass when thou shalt break loose, That thou shalt shake his yoke from off thy neck.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴⁰ And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother; And it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, That thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴⁰ By your sword you shall live and serve your brother. But [the time shall come] when you will grow restive and break loose, and you shall tear his yoke from off your neck.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴⁰ And by thy sword shalt thou live, and thou shalt serve thy brother; And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt break loose, That thou shalt shake his yoke from off thy neck.

Common English Bible

⁴⁰ You will live by your sword; you will serve your brother. But when you grow restless, you will tear away his harness from your neck.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴⁰ will your blessing be. You will live by the sword, and you will serve your brother. But the time will arrive when you will shake off and release his yoke from your neck."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴⁰ Shall thy blessing be. Thou shalt live by the sword and shalt serve thy brother. And the time shall come, when thou shalt shake off and loose his yoke from thy neck.

Genesis 27:40 Cross References

Genesis 25:23

And the LORD said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, And two peoples shall be separated even from thy bowels: And the one people shall be stronger than the other people; And the elder shall serve the younger.

Genesis 27:29

Let peoples serve thee, And nations bow down to thee: Be lord over thy brethren, And let thy mother's sons bow down to thee: Cursed be every one that curseth thee, And blessed be every one that blesseth thee.

Genesis 32:6

And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother Esau, and moreover he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him.

Genesis 33:9

And Esau said, I have enough; my brother, let that thou hast be thine.

2 Samuel 8:14

And he put garrisons in Edom; throughout all Edom put he garrisons, and all the Edomites became servants to David. And the LORD gave victory to David whithersoever he went.

2 Kings 14:10

Thou hast indeed smitten Edom, and thine heart hath lifted thee up: glory thereof, and abide at home; for why shouldest thou meddle to thy hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah with thee?

2 Kings 14:7

He slew of Edom in the Valley of Salt ten thousand, and took Sela by war, and called the name of it Joktheel, unto this day.

2 Chronicles 21:10

So Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, unto this day: then did Libnah revolt at the same time from under his hand: because he had forsaken the LORD, the God of his fathers.

2 Chronicles 21:8

In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves.

2 Chronicles 28:17

For again the Edomites had come and smitten Judah, and carried away captives.

Psalm 60:8

Moab is my washpot; Upon Edom will I cast my shoe: Philistia, shout thou because of me.

Matthew 10:34

Think not that I came to send peace on the earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.