Genesis 27:40

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

and by thy sword dost thou live, and thy brother dost thou serve; and it hath come to pass when thou rulest, that thou hast broken his yoke from off thy neck.'

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  • 2 Kgs 8:20-22 : 20 In his days hath Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and they cause a king to reign over them, 21 and Joram passeth over to Zair, and all the chariots with him, and he himself hath risen by night, and smiteth Edom, that is coming round about unto him, and the heads of the chariots, and the people fleeth to its tents; 22 and Edom revolteth from under the hand of Judah till this day; then doth Libnah revolt at that time.
  • Gen 25:23 : 23 And Jehovah saith to her, `Two nations `are' in thy womb, and two peoples from thy bowels are parted; and the `one' people than the `other' people is stronger; and the elder doth serve the younger.'
  • 2 Sam 8:14 : 14 and he putteth in Edom garrisons -- in all Edom he hath put garrisons, and all Edom are servants to David; and Jehovah saveth David whithersoever he hath gone.
  • 1 Kgs 11:15-17 : 15 and it cometh to pass, in David's being with Edom, in the going up of Joab head of the host to bury the slain, that he smiteth every male in Edom -- 16 for six months did Joab abide there, and all Israel, till the cutting off of every male in Edom -- 17 and Hadad fleeth, he and certain Edomites, of the servants of his father, with him, to go in to Egypt, and Hadad `is' a little youth,
  • Gen 32:6 : 6 And the messengers turn back unto Jacob, saying, `We came in unto thy brother, unto Esau, and he also is coming to meet thee, and four hundred men with him;'
  • 2 Kgs 14:7 : 7 He hath smitten Edom, in the valley of salt -- ten thousand, and seized Selah in war, and `one' calleth its name Joktheel unto this day,
  • 2 Kgs 14:10 : 10 Thou hast certainly smitten Edom, and thy heart hath lifted thee up; be honoured, and abide in thy house; and why dost thou stir thyself up in evil, that thou hast fallen, thou, and Judah with thee?'
  • 1 Chr 18:11-13 : 11 also them hath king David sanctified to Jehovah with the silver and the gold that he hath taken from all the nations, from Edom, and from Moab, and from the sons of Ammon, and from the Philistines, and from Amalek. 12 And Abishai son of Zeruiah hath smitten Edom in the valley of salt -- eighteen thousand, 13 and he putteth in Edom garrisons, and all the Edomites are servants to David; and Jehovah saveth David whithersoever he hath gone.
  • 2 Chr 21:8 : 8 In his days hath Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and cause a king to reign over them;
  • 2 Chr 21:10 : 10 and Edom revolteth from under the hand of Judah unto this day; then doth Libnah revolt at that time from under his hand, because he hath forsaken Jehovah, God of his fathers,
  • 2 Chr 25:11-12 : 11 And Amaziah hath strengthened himself, and leadeth his people, and goeth to the Valley of Salt, and smiteth the sons of Seir -- ten thousand. 12 And ten thousand alive have the sons of Judah taken captive, and they bring them to the top of the rock, and cast them from the top of the rock, and all of them have been broken.
  • 2 Chr 28:17 : 17 and again the Edomites have come, and smite in Judah, and take captive a captivity.
  • Ps 60:8 : 8 Moab `is' my pot for washing, over Edom I cast my shoe, Shout, concerning me, O Philistia.
  • Obad 1:17-21 : 17 And in mount Zion there is an escape, And it hath been holy, And the house of Jacob have possessed their possessions. 18 And the house of Jacob hath been a fire, And the house of Joseph a flame, And the house of Esau for stubble, And they have burned among them, And they have consumed them, And there is not a remnant to the house of Esau, For Jehovah hath spoken. 19 And they have possessed the south with the mount of Esau, And the low country with the Philistines, And they have possessed the field of Ephraim, And the field of Samaria, And Benjamin with Gilead. 20 And the removed of this force of the sons of Israel, That `is with' the Canaanites unto Zarephat, And the removed of Jerusalem that `is' with the Sepharad, Possess the cities of the south. 21 And gone up have saviours on mount Zion, To judge the mount of Esau, And the kingdom hath been to Jehovah!'
  • Matt 10:34 : 34 `Ye may not suppose that I came to put peace on the earth; I did not come to put peace, but a sword;

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