Genesis 27:40
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Shall thy blessing be. Thou shalt live by the sword, and shalt serve thy brother: and the time shall come, when thou shalt shake off and loose his yoke from thy neck.

Genesis 25:23
And he answering, said: Two nations are in thy womb, and two peoples shall be divided out of thy womb, and one people shall overcome the other, and the elder shall serve the younger.

Genesis 27:29
And let peoples serve thee, and tribes worship thee: be thou lord of thy brethren, and let thy mother's children bow down before thee. Cursed be he that curseth thee: and let him that blesseth thee be filled with blessings.

Genesis 33:9
But he said: I have plenty, my brother, keep what is thine for thyself.

2 Kings 8:20
In his days Edom revolted from being under Juda, and made themselves a king.

2 Kings 8:22
So Edom revolted from being under Juda, unto this day. Then Lobna also revolted at the same time.

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Shall thy blessing be. Thou shalt live by the sword, and shalt serve thy brother: and the time shall come, when thou shalt shake off and loose his yoke from thy neck.

thy sword.

Genesis 32:6 And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying: We came to Esau, thy brother, and behold he cometh with speed to meet thee with four hundred men.

Matthew 10:34 Do not think that I came to send peace upon earth: I came not to send peace, but the sword.

serve.

Genesis 25:23 And he answering, said: Two nations are in thy womb, and two peoples shall be divided out of thy womb, and one people shall overcome the other, and the elder shall serve the younger.

2 Samuel 8:14 And he put guards in Edom, and placed there a garrison: and all Edom was made to serve David: and the Lord preserved David in all enterprises he went about.

1 Kings 11:15-17 For when David was in Edom, and Joab, the general of the army, was gone up to bury them that were slain, and had killed every male in Edom, . . .

2 Kings 14:7,10 He slew of Edom in the valley of the Saltpits, ten thousand men, and took the rock by war, and called the name thereof Jectehel, unto this day. . . .

1 Chronicles 18:11-13 And all the vessels of gold, and silver and brass king David consecrated to the Lord, with the silver and gold which he had taken from all the nations, as well from Edom, and from Moab, and from the sons of Ammon, as from the Philistines, and from Amalec. . . .

2 Chronicles 25:11,12 And Amasias taking courage led forth his people, and went to the vale of saltpits, and slew of the children of Seir ten thousand. . . .

Psalm 60:8 Moab is the pot of my hope. Into Edom will I stretch out my shoe: to me the foreigners are made subject.

Obadiah 1:17 For as you have drunk upon my holy mountain, so all nations shall drink continually: and they shall drink, and sup up, and they shall be as though they were not.

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that thou.

2 Kings 8:20-22 In his days Edom revolted from being under Juda, and made themselves a king. . . .

2 Chronicles 21:8,10 In those days Edom revolted, from being subject to Juda, and made themselves a king. . . .

2 Chronicles 28:17 And the Edomites came and slew many of Juda, and took a great booty.

Context
The Stolen Blessing
39Isaac being moved, said to him: In the fat of the earth, and in the dew of heaven from above, 40Shall thy blessing be. Thou shalt live by the sword, and shalt serve thy brother: and the time shall come, when thou shalt shake off and loose his yoke from thy neck.41Esau 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 for my father, and I will kill my brother Jacob.…
Lexicon
You shall live
תִֽחְיֶ֔ה (ṯiḥ·yeh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2421: To live, to revive

by
וְעַל־ (wə·‘al-)
Conjunctive waw | Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the sword,
חַרְבְּךָ֣ (ḥar·bə·ḵā)
Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2719: Drought, a cutting instrument, as a, knife, sword

and serve
תַּעֲבֹ֑ד (ta·‘ă·ḇōḏ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5647: To work, to serve, till, enslave

your brother.
אָחִ֖יךָ (’ā·ḥî·ḵā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 251: A brother, )

But when
כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר (ka·’ă·šer)
Preposition-k | Pronoun - relative
Strong's Hebrew 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

you rebel,
תָּרִ֔יד (tā·rîḏ)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7300: To wander restlessly, roam

you will tear
וּפָרַקְתָּ֥ (ū·p̄ā·raq·tā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6561: To break off, crunch, to deliver

his yoke
עֻלּ֖וֹ (‘ul·lōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5923: A yoke

from
מֵעַ֥ל (mê·‘al)
Preposition-m
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

your neck.”
צַוָּארֶֽךָ׃ (ṣaw·wā·re·ḵā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6677: The back of the neck


Additional Translations
You shall live by the sword, and serve your brother. But when you rebel, you will tear his yoke from your neck.”And by your sword shall you live, and shall serve your brother; and it shall come to pass when you shall have the dominion, that you shall break his yoke from off your neck.

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

And thou shalt live by thy sword, and shalt serve thy brother; and there shall be a time when thou shalt break and loosen his yoke from off thy neck.

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

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

And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother: and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck.

By your sword will you live, and you will serve your brother. It will happen, when you will break loose, that you shall shake his yoke from off your neck."

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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