Genesis 27:42

New American Bible - revised edition

When Rebekah got news of what her older son Esau had in mind, she summoned her younger son Jacob and said to him: “Listen! Your brother Esau intends to get his revenge by killing you.

Cross References

Proverbs 2:14

Who delight in doing evil and celebrate perversity;

Psalm 64:5

They shoot at the innocent from ambush, they shoot him in a moment and do not fear.

1 Samuel 30:5

David’s two wives, Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail, the widow of Nabal from Carmel, had also been carried off.

Genesis 27:41

Esau bore a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing his father had given him. Esau said to himself, “Let the time of mourning for my father come, so that I may kill my brother Jacob.”

Genesis 27:43

So now, my son, obey me: flee at once to my brother Laban in Haran,

Genesis 32:3

When Jacob saw them he said, “This is God’s encampment.” So he named that place Mahanaim. Envoys to Esau.

Genesis 32:11

I am unworthy of all the acts of kindness and faithfulness that you have performed for your servant: although I crossed the Jordan here with nothing but my staff, I have now grown into two camps.