38. But Esau said to his father, “Have you only one blessing, father? Bless me too, father!” and Esau wept aloud.
39. His father Isaac said in response:“See, far from the fertile earthwill be your dwelling;far from the dew of the heavens above!
40. By your sword you will live,and your brother you will serve;But when you become restless,you will throw off his yoke from your neck.”
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.”
42. 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.
43. So now, my son, obey me: flee at once to my brother Laban in Haran,
44. and stay with him a while until your brother’s fury subsides—
45. until your brother’s anger against you subsides and he forgets what you did to him. Then I will send for you and bring you back. Why should I lose both of you in a single day?”
46. Rebekah said to Isaac: “I am disgusted with life because of the Hittite women. If Jacob also should marry a Hittite woman, a native of the land, like these women, why should I live?”