Cross References

Genesis 27:42

Good News Translation

But when Rebecca heard about Esau's plan, she sent for Jacob and said, “Listen, your brother Esau is planning to get even with you and kill you.

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Esau hated Jacob, because his father had given Jacob the blessing. He thought, “The time to mourn my father's death is near; then I will kill Jacob.”

Now, son, do what I say. Go at once to my brother Laban in Haran,

Save me, I pray, from my brother Esau. I am afraid—afraid that he is coming to attack us and destroy us all, even the women and children.

Jacob sent messengers ahead of him to his brother Esau in the country of Edom.

They encourage each other in their evil plots; they talk about where they will place their traps. “No one can see them,” they say.

those who find pleasure in doing wrong and who enjoy senseless evil,

Even David's two wives, Ahinoam and Abigail, had been taken away.