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OET (OET-RV)From that time onwards, Esaw hated Yacob because of the blessing that their father had blessed him with, and Esaw said to himself, “My father’s funeral can’t be that far away—after that I’ll kill my brother Yacob.”
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BrLXXΚαὶ ἐνεκότει Ἡσαῦ τῷ Ἰακὼβ περὶ τῆς εὐλογίας, ἧς εὐλόγησεν αὐτὸν ὁ πατὴρ αὐτοῦ· εἶπε δὲ Ἡσαῦ ἐν τῇ διανοίᾳ αὐτοῦ, ἐγγισάτωσαν αἱ ἡμέραι τοῦ πένθους τοῦ πατρός μου, ἵνα ἀποκτείνω Ἰακὼβ τὸν ἀδελφόν μου. (Kai enekotei Haʸsau tōi Yakōb peri taʸs eulogias, haʸs eulogaʸsen auton ho pataʸr autou; eipe de Haʸsau en taʸ dianoia autou, engisatōsan hai haʸmerai tou penthous tou patros mou, hina apokteinō Yakōb ton adelfon mou. )
BrTrAnd Esau was angry with Jacob because of the blessing, with which his father blessed him; and Esau said in his mind, Let the days of my father's mourning draw nigh, that I may slay my brother Jacob.
ULTThen Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing that his father had blessed him with, and Esau said in his heart, “The days of the mourning of my father are near; then I will kill Jacob my brother.”
USTAfter that Esau held a grudge against Jacob because their father had blessed him. So Esau thought to himself, “Soon my father will die; then after we bury him and mourn for him, I will kill my brother Jacob.”
BSB § Esau held a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing his father had given him. And Esau said in his heart, “The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then I will kill my brother Jacob.”
OEBEsau hated Jacob because of the blessing that his father had given him. Esau said to himself, ‘My father will soon die; then I will kill Jacob, my brother.’
WEBBEEsau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father blessed him. Esau said in his heart, “The days of mourning for my father are at hand. Then I will kill my brother Jacob.”
NETSo Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing his father had given to his brother. Esau said privately, “The time of mourning for my father is near; then I will kill my brother Jacob!”
LSVAnd Esau hates Jacob, because of the blessing with which his father blessed him, and Esau says in his heart, “The days of mourning [for] my father draw near, and I slay my brother Jacob.”
FBVFrom then on Esau hated Jacob because of his father's blessing. Esau said to himself, “Soon the time will come when I'll mourn my father's death. Then I'll kill my brother Jacob!”
T4TSo, because his father had given a blessing to Jacob, and not to him, Esau hated his younger brother. Esau thought to himself, “After my father dies and we finish mourning for him, I will kill Jacob!”
LEBThen Esau held a grudge against Jacob on account of the blessing with which his father had blessed him. And Esau said in his heart,[fn] “The days of mourning for my father are coming, then I will kill Jacob my brother.”
BBESo Esau was full of hate for Jacob because of his father's blessing; and he said in his heart, The days of weeping for my father are near; then I will put my brother Jacob to death.
JPSAnd Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him. And Esau said in his heart: 'Let the days of mourning for my father be at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob.'
ASVAnd Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob.
DRAEsau therefore always hated Jacob for the blessing wherewith his father had blessed him: and he said in his heart: The days will come of the mourning of my father, and I will kill my brother Jacob.
YLTAnd Esau hateth Jacob, because of the blessing with which his father blessed him, and Esau saith in his heart, 'The days of mourning [for] my father draw near, and I slay Jacob my brother.'
DrbyAnd Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father had blessed him. And Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand, and I will slay my brother Jacob.
RVAnd Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob.
WbstrAnd Esau hated Jacob, because of the blessing with which his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob.
KJB-1769¶ And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob.
KJB-1611¶ [fn]And Esau hated Iacob, because of the blessing, wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The dayes of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Iacob. (Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)
BshpsAnd Esau hated Iacob, because of the blessyng that his father blessed hym withall. And Esau sayde in his heart: The dayes of sorowyng for my father are at hande, then wyll I slaye my brother Iacob. (And Esau hated Yacob, because of the blessing that his father blessed him withall. And Esau said in his heart: The days of sorowyng for my father are at hand, then will I slay/kill my brother Yacob.)
GnvaTherefore Esau hated Iaakob, because of the blessing, wherewith his father blessed him. And Esau thought in his minde, The dayes of mourning for my father will come shortly, then I will slay may brother Iaakob. (Therefore Esau hated Yacob, because of the blessing, wherewith his father blessed him. And Esau thought in his minde, The days of mourning for my father will come shortly, then I will slay may brother Yacob. )
CvdlAnd Esau bare euell wyll vnto Iacob, because of the blessynge that his father had blessed him withall, and sayde in his herte: The tyme wyll come shortly, that my father shal mourne, for I wil slaye my brother Iacob. (And Esau bare evil will unto Yacob, because of the blessing that his father had blessed him withall, and said in his herte: The time will come shortly, that my father shall mourn, for I will slay/kill my brother Yacob.)
WyclTherfor Esau hatide euer Jacob for the blessyng bi which the fadir hadde blessid hym; and Esau seide in his herte, The daies of morenyng of my fadir schulen come, and Y schal sle Jacob, my brothir. (Therefore Esau hatide ever Yacob for the blessing by which the father had blessid him; and Esau said in his heart, The days of morenyng of my father should come, and I shall slay/kill Yacob, my brothir.)
LuthUnd Esau war Jakob gram um des Segens willen, damit ihn sein Vater gesegnet hatte, und sprach in seinem Herzen: Es wird die Zeit bald kommen, daß mein Vater Leid tragen muß; denn ich will meinen Bruder Jakob erwürgen. (And Esau what/which Yakob gram around/by/for the blessings willen, with_it/so_that him/it his father gesegnet had, and spoke in his hearts: It becomes the time soon coming, that my father sorrow tragen muß; because I will my brother Yakob erwürgen.)
ClVgOderat ergo semper Esau Jacob pro benedictione qua benedixerat ei pater: dixitque in corde suo: Venient dies luctus patris mei, et occidam Jacob fratrem meum.[fn] (Oderat therefore always Esau Yacob for benedictione which benedixerat to_him pater: dixitque in corde suo: Venient days luctus of_the_father my/mine, and occidam Yacob brother mine. )
27.41Dixitque in corde suo. Cum Scriptura dicat, Esau in corde suo de morte fratris tractasse, quomodo vel a quo sunt hæc nuntiata Rebeccæ? Sed datur intelligi quod ei divinitus omnia revelabantur. Propter insanabile odium Judæorum, per spiritum consilii præceptum est apostolis ut, relicta Judæa, transirent ad gentes. Venient dies luctus, etc. Nolebat enim hoc facere vivente patre, ne incurreret odium ejus, et malediceretur ab eo. DIOD. Quod autem scriptum est, dixit Esau in corde suo, significat Esau mortem fratris non subita ira, sed perfecto mentis consensu exoptasse.
27.41And_he_said in corde his_own. Since Scriptura let_him_say, Esau in corde his_own about morte fratris tractasse, how or from quo are these_things nuntiata Rebeccæ? But datur intelligi that to_him divinitus everything revelabantur. Because insanabile odium Yudæorum, through spiritum consilii præceptum it_is apostolis ut, relicta Yudæa, transirent to gentes. Venient days luctus, etc. Nolebat because this facere vivente patre, not incurreret odium his, and malediceretur away by_him. DIOD. That however scriptum it_is, dixit Esau in corde suo, significat Esau mortem fratris not/no subita ira, but perfecto mentis consensu exoptasse.
27:41-45 Rebekah and Jacob got the blessing but reaped hatred from Esau and separation from one another; there is no indication that Rebekah and Jacob ever saw each other again. They gained nothing that God was not already going to give them, and their methods were costly. Jacob fled from home to escape Esau’s vengeance.
Consider again how you translated the terms “bless” and blessing in chapter 27. See verses 4, 7, 10, 19, 23, 25, 27, 29-31, 33-36, 38 and 41. Alternate translation: “because his father had given his blessing to Jacob.” or “because their father had blessed Jacob instead of him.”
In that culture, they had the custom of mourning the death of a loved one for a certain period of time, anywhere from a week to a month or more. See how you translated “mourn” in Gen 23:2. Alternate translation: “Soon my father will die, and we will have a time of mourning for him, then”
וְאַֽהַרְגָ֖ה
and,kill
Alternate translation: “I am going to kill” or “I plan to kill”
Though the patriarch Isaac moved from place to place several times within southern Canaan, compared to his father Abraham and his son Jacob, Isaac appears to have been a bit of a homebody. In fact, unless Isaac resettled in places not recorded in Scripture, the farthest extent he ever traveled appears to have been only about 90 miles (113 km). Yet, as the child of God’s promise to Abraham to build a great nation from his descendants, Isaac’s relatively simple life served as a critical bridge from Abraham to the beginnings of the twelve tribes of Israel, who were descended from Isaac’s son Jacob. It is likely that Isaac was born at Beersheba (see Genesis 21:1-24), and later Abraham offered him as a sacrifice on Mount Moriah (located at Jerusalem; see 2 Chronicles 3:1). Then Abraham, Isaac, and those with them returned to Beersheba (Genesis 22:1-19). When Isaac reached adulthood, his father sent a servant to bring back a bride for him from Aram-naharaim, far north of Canaan. When his bride, Rebekah, arrived, Isaac had just come from Beer-lahai-roi and settled in the Negev (Genesis 24:62). Later Isaac resettled with Rebekah in Beer-lahai-roi, and this may have been where their twins son Esau and Jacob were born. A famine forced Isaac to go to Gerar (Genesis 26:1-6) in “the land of the Philistines.” The distinct people group known as the Philistines in later books of the Bible did not arrive until the time of the Judges, so the term here must have referred to another people group living in this region, and this is supported by the fact that King Abimelech’s name is Semitic, not Aegean (the likely origin of the later Philistines). While Isaac was there, he repeated his father’s error (Genesis 20) by lying to the king that his wife was only his sister. Isaac also became increasingly prosperous at Gerar, so the Philistines told him to leave their region. Isaac moved away from the town of Gerar and settled further away in the valley of Gerar. There he dug a well, but the Philistines claimed it for themselves, so he called it Esek, meaning “argument.” So Isaac’s men dug another well and called it Sitnah (meaning “hostility”), but it led to more quarreling, so he dug yet another well and called it Rehoboth (meaning “open space”). The locations of these two later wells are not certain, but they may have been located near Ruheibeh as shown on this map. Then Isaac moved to Beersheba and built an altar. He also dug a well there, and King Abimelech of the Philistines came and exchanged oaths of peace with him. It was likely at Beersheba that Isaac blessed his sons Esau and Jacob, and both sons eventually left Canaan (see “Jacob Goes to Paddan-Aram” map). When Jacob later returned, he traveled to Mamre near Hebron and reunited with Isaac. Sometime after this Isaac died, and Jacob and Esau buried him there.
Jacob Goes to Paddan-Aram
Genesis 26:23-29:1
While Isaac’s family was at Beersheba, Jacob stole Esau’s birthright, and Esau made plans to kill Jacob once his father had passed away. When Rebekah found out about Esau’s plan, she told Jacob to flee to her family in Paddan-aram (also called Aram-naharaim, meaning “Aram of the two rivers”) and garnered Isaac’s support by telling him that she was concerned that Jacob might marry one of the local Canaanite woman. So Isaac sent Jacob to Paddan-aram to find a wife there, much like Abraham had sent his servant Eleazar to this area to find a wife for Isaac (Genesis 24:10). Jacob left Beersheba and headed for Haran in Paddan-aram, and as night fell he stopped at a town called Luz. There he slept with his head resting on a stone and dreamed of a staircase to heaven with angels ascending and descending it. The Lord also spoke to him and reaffirmed his promise to give Canaan to his descendants. The Lord also promised to bring Jacob back to Canaan from Haran. When Jacob woke from his sleep, he declared the place to be the house of God and renamed it Bethel (meaning, “house of God”). Later Bethel appears to have served as an early location of the Ark of the Covenant in the Promised Land (Judges 20; see “The Ark of the Covenant in the Promised Land” map). From Bethel Jacob continued on to the general area of Haran, likely following the same route in reverse that he followed upon his return journey to Canaan from Haran (Genesis 31-35). Sometime before Jacob returned, however, Esau moved away from Canaan and settled in Seir (Genesis 32:3; 36:1-8; ; see “Edom and the Land of Seir” map).
