Now when the wordsof her eldersonEsauwere reportedto Rebekah,she sentand calledher youngersonJacob,and saidto him, "Beholdyour brotherEsauis consolinghimself concerning you [by planning] to killyou.
So Esauborea grudgeagainstJacobbecauseof the blessingwith whichhis fatherhad blessedhim; and Esausaidto himself,"The daysof mourningfor my fatherare near;then I will killmy brotherJacob."
"Nowtherefore, my son,obeymy voice,and arise,fleeto Haran,to my brotherLaban!
"Deliverme, I pray,from the handof my brother,from the handof Esau;for I fearhim, that he will comeand attackme [and] the motherswith the children.
Then Jacobsentmessengersbeforehim to his brotherEsauin the landof Seir,the countryof Edom.
They holdfastto themselves an evilpurpose;They talkof layingsnaressecretly;They say,"Whocan seethem?"
Whodelightin doingevilAnd rejoicein the perversityof evil;
Now David'stwowiveshad been takencaptive,Ahinoamthe Jezreelitessand Abigailthe widowof Nabalthe Carmelite.
