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Genesis 27

Gen. 27:40 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And by thy sword
chereb (Hebrew #2719)
drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement
KJV usage: axe, dagger, knife, mattock, sword, tool.
Pronounce: kheh'-reb
Origin: from 2717
shalt thou live
chayah (Hebrew #2421)
to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive
KJV usage: keep (leave, make) alive, X certainly, give (promise) life, (let, suffer to) live, nourish up, preserve (alive), quicken, recover, repair, restore (to life), revive, (X God) save (alive, life, lives), X surely, be whole.
Pronounce: khaw-yaw'
Origin: a primitive root (compare 2331, 2421)
, andl shalt serve
`abad (Hebrew #5647)
to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.
KJV usage: X be, keep in bondage, be bondmen, bond-service, compel, do, dress, ear, execute, + husbandman, keep, labour(-ing man, bring to pass, (cause to, make to) serve(-ing, self), (be, become) servant(-s), do (use) service, till(-er), transgress (from margin), (set a) work, be wrought, worshipper,
Pronounce: aw-bad'
Origin: a primitive root
thy brother
'ach (Hebrew #251)
a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like 1))
KJV usage: another, brother(-ly); kindred, like, other. Compare also the proper names beginning with "Ah-" or "Ahi-".
Pronounce: awkh
Origin: a primitive word
; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion
ruwd (Hebrew #7300)
to tramp about, i.e. ramble (free or disconsolate)
KJV usage: have the dominion, be lord, mourn, rule.
Pronounce: rood
Origin: a primitive root
, that thoun shalt break
paraq (Hebrew #6561)
to break off or crunch; figuratively, to deliver
KJV usage: break (off), deliver, redeem, rend (in pieces), tear in pieces.
Pronounce: paw-rak'
Origin: a primitive root
his yoke
`ol (Hebrew #5923)
from 5953; a yoke (as imposed on the neck), literally or figuratively
KJV usage: yoke.
Pronounce: ole
Origin: or mowl {ole}
from off thy neck
tsavva'r (Hebrew #6677)
or tsavvaron (Song of Solomon 4:9) {tsav-vaw-rone'}; or (feminine) tsavva.rah (Micah 2:3) {tsav-vaw-raw'}; intensively from 6696 in the sense of binding; the back of the neck (as that on which burdens are bound)
KJV usage: neck.
Pronounce: tsav-vawr'
Origin: or tsavvar (Nehemiah 3:5) {tsav-vawr'}
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Gen. 25:23• 23And Jehovah said to her, Two nations [are] in thy womb, and two peoples shall be separated from thy bowels; and [one] people shall be stronger than [the other] people; and the elder shall serve the younger. (Gen. 25:23)
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Psa. 60:9‑10• 9Who will bring me [to] the city of defence?{HR}Who hath led me up to Edom?
 10(Wilt) not thou, O God (who) cast us off and didst not go forth,{HR}O God, with our hosts? (Psa. 60:9‑10)
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Obad. 18‑20• 18And the house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau for stubble, and they shall kindle in them, and devour them; and there shall not be any remaining of the house of Esau; for Jehovah hath spoken it.
 19And the south shall possess the mountains of Esau; and the plain the Philistines; and they shall possess the fields of Ephraim and the fields of Samaria; and Benjamin, Gilead.
 20And the captivity of this host of the children of Israel, between Sidon and Tyre, which is [with] the Canaanites, unto Zarephath [Sarepta]; and the captivity of Jerusalem, which is in Sepharad, shall possess the cities of the south. (Obad. 18‑20)
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2 Kings 8:20• 20{i}In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and they set a king over themselves.{/i} (2 Kings 8:20)
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2 Chron. 21:8• 8{i}In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and they set a king over themselves.{/i} (2 Chron. 21:8)

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Gen. 32:6• 6And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother, to Esau; and he also cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him. (Gen. 32:6)
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Matt. 10:34• 34{i}Do not think that I have come to send peace upon the earth: I have not come to send peace, but a sword.{/i} (Matt. 10:34)
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Gen. 25:23• 23And Jehovah said to her, Two nations [are] in thy womb, and two peoples shall be separated from thy bowels; and [one] people shall be stronger than [the other] people; and the elder shall serve the younger. (Gen. 25:23)
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2 Sam. 8:14• 14{i}And he put garrisons in Edom: throughout Edom did he put garrisons; and all they of Edom became servants to David. And Jehovah preserved David whithersoever he went.{/i} (2 Sam. 8:14)
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1 Kings 11:15‑17• 15For it came to pass, when David was in Edom, and Joab the captain of the host was gone up to bury the slain, after he had smitten every male in Edom
 16(for six months did Joab remain there with all Israel, until he had cut off every male in Edom),
 17that Hadad fled, he and certain Edomites of his father's servants with him, to go into Egypt; Hadad being yet a little child. (1 Kings 11:15‑17)
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2 Kings 14:7,10• 7He slew of Edom, in the valley of salt, ten thousand, and took Selah by war, and called the name of it Joktheel unto this day.
 10{i}Thou hast indeed smitten Edom, and thy heart has lifted thee up: boast thyself, and abide at home; for why shouldest thou contend with misfortune, that thou shouldest fall, thou, and Judah with thee?{/i} (2 Kings 14:7,10)
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1 Chron. 18:11‑13• 11{i}Them also king David dedicated to Jehovah, with the silver and the gold that he had brought from all the nations:{/i} from Edom and from Moab, and from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines, and from Amalek.
 12{i}And Abishai the son of Zeruiah smote of the Edomites in the valley of salt eighteen thousand.{/i}
 13{i}And he put garrisons in Edom; and all they of Edom became servants to David. And Jehovah preserved David whithersoever he went{/i}. (1 Chron. 18:11‑13)
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2 Chron. 25:11‑12• 11{i}But Amaziah strengthened himself, and led forth his people, and went to the valley of salt, and smote of the children of Seir ten thousand.{/i}
 12{i}And the children of Judah took ten thousand captive, alive, and brought them to the top of the cliff, and cast them down from the top of the cliff, so that they all were broken in pieces.{/i} (2 Chron. 25:11‑12)
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Psa. 60:8• 8Moab [is] my washpot;{HR}On Edom will I cast my shoe;{HR}On account of me, Philistia, shout aloud. (Psa. 60:8)
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Obad. 17‑21• 17{i}But{/i} upon mount Zion shall be deliverance, and there shall be holiness; and the house of Jacob shall inherit their inheritance.
 18And the house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau for stubble, and they shall kindle in them, and devour them; and there shall not be any remaining of the house of Esau; for Jehovah hath spoken it.
 19And the south shall possess the mountains of Esau; and the plain the Philistines; and they shall possess the fields of Ephraim and the fields of Samaria; and Benjamin, Gilead.
 20And the captivity of this host of the children of Israel, between Sidon and Tyre, which is [with] the Canaanites, unto Zarephath [Sarepta]; and the captivity of Jerusalem, which is in Sepharad, shall possess the cities of the south.
 21And the saviours shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau: and the kingdom shall be Jehovah’s. (Obad. 17‑21)
that thou.
2 Kings 8:20‑22• 20{i}In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and they set a king over themselves.{/i}
 21{i}And Joram went over to Zair, and all the chariots with him; and he rose up by night, and smote the Edomites who had surrounded him, and the captains of the chariots; and the people fled into their tents.{/i}
 22{i}But the Edomites revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day. Then Libnah revolted at the same time.{/i} (2 Kings 8:20‑22)
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2 Chron. 21:8,10• 8{i}In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and they set a king over themselves.{/i}
 10{i}But the Edomites revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day. T{/i}he same time did Libnah revolt from under his hand, because he had forsaken Jehovah God of his fathers. (2 Chron. 21:8,10)
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2 Chron. 28:17• 17{i}And again the Edomites came and smote Judah, and carried away captives.{/i} (2 Chron. 28:17)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And by thy sword shalt thou live; And thou shalt serve thy brother; And it shall come to pass when thou rovestc about, That thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "hast acquired rule."

W. Kelly Translation

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and by thy sword shalt thou live, and thou shalt serve thy brother; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt rove about, that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck.