Genesis 27:40

Geneva Bible (1560)

And by thy sword shalt thou liue, and shalt be thy brothers seruant. But it shall come to passe, when thou shalt get the masterie, that thou shalt breake his yoke from thy necke.

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  • 2 Kgs 8:20-22 : 20 In those dayes Edom rebelled from vnder the hand of Iudah, and made a King ouer themselues. 21 Therefore Ioram went to Zair, and all his charets with him, and he arose by night, & smote the Edomites which were about him with the captains of the charets, and the people fled into their tents. 22 So Edom rebelled from vnder the hand of Iudah vnto this day. then Libnah rebelled at that same time.
  • Gen 25:23 : 23 And the Lord sayd to her, Two nations are in thy wombe, and two maner of people shalbe diuided out of thy bowels, and the one people shall be mightier then the other, and the elder shall serue the yonger.
  • 2 Sam 8:14 : 14 And he put a garison in Edom: throughout all Edom put he souldiers, and all they of Edom became Dauids seruants: and the Lord kept Dauid whithersoeuer he went.
  • 1 Kgs 11:15-17 : 15 For when Dauid was in Edom, and Ioab the captaine of the hoste had smitten all the males in Edom, & was gone vp to bury ye slaine, 16 (For six moneths did Ioab remaine there, and all Israel, till he had destroyed all the males in Edom) 17 Then this Hadad fled and certaine other Edomites of his fathers seruants with him, to goe into Egypt, Hadad being yet a litle childe.
  • Gen 32:6 : 6 So ye messengers came againe to Iaakob, saying, We came vnto thy brother Esau, and hee also commeth against thee and foure hundreth men with him.
  • 2 Kgs 14:7 : 7 He slew also of Edom in the valley of salt ten thousand, and tooke the citie of Sela by warre, and called the name thereof Ioktheel vnto this day.
  • 2 Kgs 14:10 : 10 Because thou hast smitten Edom, thine heart hath made thee proud: bragge of glory, & tary at home. Why doest thou prouoke to thine hurt, that thou shouldest fall, & Iudah with thee?
  • 1 Chr 18:11-13 : 11 And King Dauid did dedicate them vnto the Lorde, with the siluer and golde that hee brought from all the nations, from Edom, and from Moab, and from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistims, and from Amalek. 12 And Abishai the sonne of Zeruiah smote of Edom in the salt valley eighteene thousand, 13 And he put a garison in Edom, and all the Edomites became Dauids seruantes: and the Lord preserued Dauid wheresoeuer he went.
  • 2 Chr 21:8 : 8 In his dayes Edom rebelled from vnder the hand of Iudah, and made a King ouer them.
  • 2 Chr 21:10 : 10 But Edom rebelled from vnder the hande of Iudah vnto this day. Then did Libnah rebell at the same time from vnder his hand, because he had forsaken the Lord God of his fathers.
  • 2 Chr 25:11-12 : 11 Then Amaziah was encouraged, and led forth his people, and went to the salt valley, and smote of the children of Seir, ten thousand. 12 And other ten thousand did the children of Iudah take aliue, and caryed them to the top of a rocke, and cast them downe from the top of the rocke, and they all burst to pieces.
  • 2 Chr 28:17 : 17 (For the Edomites came moreouer, & slew of Iudah, and caryed away captiues.
  • Ps 60:8 : 8 Moab shalbe my wash pot: ouer Edom will I cast out my shoe: Palestina shew thy selfe ioyfull for me.
  • Obad 1:17-21 : 17 But vpon mount Zion shalbe deliuerance, and it shalbe holy, and the house of Iaakob shall possesse their possessions, 18 And the house of Iaakob shalbe a fire, & the house of Ioseph a flame, and the house of Esau as stubble, and they shall kindle in them and deuoure them: and there shall bee no remnant of the house of Esau for the Lord hath spoken it. 19 And they shall possesse the South side of the mount of Esau, and the plaine of the Philistims: and they shall possesse the fieldes of Ephraim, and the fieldes of Samaria, and Beniamin shall haue Gilead. 20 And the captiuitie of this host of the children of Israel, which were among the Canaanites, shall possesse vnto Zarephath, and the captiuitie of Ierusalem, which is in Sepharad, shall possesse the cities of the South. 21 And they that shal saue, shal come vp to mount Zion to iudge the mount of Esau, and the kingdome shalbe the Lords.
  • Matt 10:34 : 34 Thinke not that I am come to sende peace into the earth: I came not to send peace, but the sworde.

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    10Then shalt thou bring it to thy father, and he shal eate, to the intent that he may blesse thee before his death.

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