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. 43 Now then, my son, (A)obey my voice, and arise, [a]flee to (B)Haran, to my brother (C)Laban! 44 Stay with him (D)a few days, until your brother’s fury [b]subsides,

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 27:43 Lit flee for yourself
  2. Genesis 27:44 Lit turns away

42 When Rebekah was told what her older son Esau(A) had said, she sent for her younger son Jacob and said to him, “Your brother Esau is planning to avenge himself by killing you.(B) 43 Now then, my son, do what I say:(C) Flee at once to my brother Laban(D) in Harran.(E) 44 Stay with him for a while(F) until your brother’s fury subsides.

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