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Genesis 27:41

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Esau hated his brother Jacob because he had stolen the blessing that was supposed to be his. So he said to himself, “Just as soon as my father dies, I'll kill Jacob.”

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When Rebekah found out what Esau planned to do, she sent for Jacob and told him, “Son, your brother Esau is just waiting for the time when he can kill you.

Please rescue me from my brother. I am afraid he will come and attack not only me, but my wives and children as well.

Jacob sent messengers on ahead to Esau, who lived in the land of Seir, also known as Edom.

When the messengers returned, they told Jacob, “We went to your brother Esau, and now he is heading this way with four hundred men.”

But before he got there, they saw him coming and made plans to kill him.

to show that he was his favourite son, and so Joseph's brothers hated him and would not be friendly to him.

His brothers asked, “Do you really think you are going to be king and rule over us?” Now they hated Joseph more than ever because of what he had said about his dream.

After Jacob died, Joseph's brothers said to each other, “What if Joseph still hates us and wants to get even with us for all the cruel things we did to him?”

Joseph gave orders for Jacob's body to be embalmed,

They carried Josiah out of his chariot, then put him in the other chariot he had there and took him back to Jerusalem, where he soon died. He was buried beside his ancestors, and everyone in Judah and Jerusalem mourned his death.

and whenever I feel low, you are there to guide me. A trap has been hidden along my pathway.

as I would for a friend or a relative. I was in sorrow and mourned, as I would for my mother.

It is better to live right and be poor than to be sinful and rich.

They are in a big hurry to commit some crime, perhaps even murder.

Making up with a friend you have offended is harder than breaking through a city wall.

They are always thinking up something cruel and evil, and they stir up trouble.

Only fools get angry quickly and hold a grudge.

People of Edom, not only have you been Israel's longtime enemy, you simply watched when disaster wiped out its people as punishment for their sins.

The people of Israel stayed in the lowlands of Moab, where they mourned and grieved thirty days for Moses, as was their custom.

We used to be stupid, disobedient, and foolish, as well as slaves of all sorts of desires and pleasures. We were evil and jealous. Everyone hated us, and we hated everyone.




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