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Genesis 27:38-44 English Standard Version (ESV)

38. Esau said to his father, “Have you but one blessing, my father? Bless me, even me also, O my father.” And Esau lifted up his voice and wept.

39. Then Isaac his father answered and said to him:“Behold, away from the fatness of the earth shall your dwelling be,and away from the dew of heaven on high.

40. By your sword you shall live,and you shall serve your brother;but when you grow restless you shall break his yoke from your neck.”

41. Now Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father had blessed him, and Esau said to himself, “The days of mourning for my father are approaching; then I will kill my brother Jacob.”

42. But the words of Esau her older son were told to Rebekah. So she sent and called Jacob her younger son and said to him, “Behold, your brother Esau comforts himself about you by planning to kill you.

43. Now therefore, my son, obey my voice. Arise, flee to Laban my brother in Haran

44. and stay with him a while, until your brother’s fury turns away—