Genesis 27:42
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“When the words of her older son Esau were relayed to Rebekah, she sent for her younger son Jacob and told him, “Look, your brother Esau is consoling himself by plotting to kill you.”
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“When the words of her older son Esau were relayed to Rebekah, she sent for her younger son Jacob and told him, “Look, your brother Esau is consoling himself by plotting to kill you.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And these words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebekah: and she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said unto him, Behold, thy brother Esau, as touching thee, doth comfort himself, purposing to kill thee.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And the words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebekah; and she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said unto him, Behold, thy brother Esau, as touching thee, doth comfort himself, purposing to kill thee.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And the words of Esau her elder son are declared to Rebekah, and she sendeth and calleth for Jacob her younger son, and saith unto him, `Lo, Esau thy brother is comforting himself in regard to thee--to slay thee;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Genesis 27:42 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 37:18Now Joseph’s brothers saw him in the distance, and before he arrived, they plotted to kill him.
- Genesis 42:21Then they said to one another, “Surely we are being punished because of our brother. We saw his anguish when he pleaded with us, but we would not listen. That is why this distress has come upon us.”
- 1 Samuel 30:5David’s two wives, Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail the widow of Nabal of Carmel, had been taken captive.
- Job 20:12Though evil is sweet in his mouth and he conceals it under his tongue,
- Psalms 64:5They hold fast to their evil purpose; they speak of hiding their snares. “Who will see them?” they say.
- Proverbs 2:14from those who enjoy doing evil and rejoice in the twistedness of evil,
- Proverbs 4:16For they cannot sleep unless they do evil; they are deprived of slumber until they make someone fall.
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