41 So Esau (A)held a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing with which his father had blessed him; and Esau said [a]to himself, “(B)The days of mourning for my father are near; then I will kill my brother Jacob.” 42 Now when the words of her elder son Esau were reported to Rebekah, she sent word and called her younger son Jacob, and said to him, “Behold your brother Esau is consoling himself concerning you by planning to kill you.

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  1. Genesis 27:41 Lit in his heart

41 Esau held a grudge(A) against Jacob(B) because of the blessing his father had given him. He said to himself, “The days of mourning(C) for my father are near; then I will kill(D) my brother Jacob.”(E)

42 When Rebekah was told what her older son Esau(F) had said, she sent for her younger son Jacob and said to him, “Your brother Esau is planning to avenge himself by killing you.(G)

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Then Jacob was (A)greatly afraid and distressed; and he divided the people who were with him, and the flocks, the herds, and the camels, into two companies;

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In great fear(A) and distress(B) Jacob divided the people who were with him into two groups,[a](C) and the flocks and herds and camels as well.

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  1. Genesis 32:7 Or camps

11 (A)Save me, please, (B)from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau; for I fear him, that he will come and [a]attack me and the (C)mothers with the children.

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  1. Genesis 32:11 Lit strike

11 Save me, I pray, from the hand of my brother Esau, for I am afraid(A) he will come and attack me,(B) and also the mothers with their children.(C)

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