Genesis 27:39-46 ▼

39 His father Isaac said in response: “See, far from the fertile earth will 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?”