NET Bible
"You will live by your sword but you will serve your brother. When you grow restless, you will tear off his yoke from your neck.”"
— Genesis 27:40, NET Bible
“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.”
“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. ”
“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."”
“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.”
“By your sword will you get your living and you will be your brother's servant; but when your power is increased his yoke will be broken from off your 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.”
Isaac replied to Esau,“Look! I have made him lord over you. I have made all his relatives his servants and provided him with grain and new wine. What is left that I can do for you, my son?”
Esau said to his father,“Do you have only that one blessing, my father? Bless me too!” Then Esau wept loudly.
So his father Isaac said to him,“See here, your home will be by the richness of the earth, and by the dew of the sky above.
You will live by your sword but you will serve your brother. When you grow restless, you will tear off his yoke from your neck.”
So Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing his father had given to his brother. Esau said privately,“The time of mourning for my father is near; then I will kill my brother Jacob!”
When Rebekah heard what her older son Esau had said, she quickly summoned her younger son Jacob and told him,“Look, your brother Esau is planning to get revenge by killing you.
Now then, my son, do what I say. Run away immediately to my brother Laban in Haran.