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Genesis 27:41

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

After that Esau hated Jacob because of this blessing. Esau said to himself, “My father will soon die, and after we are finished with that, I will kill Jacob.”

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When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father loved Joseph more than he loved them, they hated their brother because of this. They refused to say nice things to him.

Don’t become angry quickly, because anger is foolish.

They are always planning to do something bad.

His brothers said, “Do you think this means that you will be a king and rule over us?” His brothers hated Joseph more now because of the dreams he had about them.

The messengers came back to Jacob and said, “We went to your brother Esau. He is coming to meet you. He has 400 men with him.”

In the past we were foolish too. We did not obey, we were wrong, and we were slaves to the many things our bodies wanted and enjoyed. We lived doing evil and being jealous. People hated us and we hated each other.

“‘Why? Because you have always been against my people. You used your sword against Israel at the time of their trouble, at the time of their final punishment.’”

They run to do something evil, and they cannot wait to kill someone.

I am ready to give up. But you, Lord, know the path I am on, and you know that my enemies have set a trap for me.

A few good people are better than a large crowd of those who are evil.

I mourned for them as I would for a friend or a brother. I bowed low with sadness, crying as I would for my own mother.

So the servants took Josiah out of his chariot and put him in another chariot he had brought with him to the battle. Then they took Josiah to Jerusalem. He died there and was buried in the tombs where his ancestors were buried. All the people of Judah and Jerusalem were very sad because Josiah was dead.

The Israelites cried for Moses for 30 days. They stayed in the Jordan Valley in Moab until the time of sadness was finished.

Then Isaac became weak and died and went to be with his people. He had lived a long and full life. His sons Esau and Jacob buried him.

I ask you to please save me from my brother Esau. I am afraid that he will come and kill us all, even the mothers with the children.

Rebekah heard about Esau’s plan to kill Jacob. She sent for Jacob and said to him, “Listen, your brother Esau is planning to kill you.

Jacob’s brother Esau was living in the area called Seir in the hill country of Edom. Jacob sent messengers to Esau.

Joseph commanded his servants to prepare his father’s body. (These servants were doctors.) The doctors prepared Jacob’s body to be buried. They prepared the body in the special way of the Egyptians.

Joseph’s brothers saw him coming from far away. They decided to make a plan to kill him.

After Jacob died, Joseph’s brothers were worried. They were afraid that Joseph would still be mad at them for what they had done years before. They said, “Maybe Joseph still hates us for what we did.”

An insulted brother is harder to win back than a city with strong walls. Arguments separate people like the strong bars of a palace gate.




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