Genesis 27:40
You shall live by the sword, and serve your brother. But when you rebel, you will tear his yoke from your neck."
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thy sword.

Genesis 32:6
When the messengers returned to Jacob, they said, "We went to your brother Esau; he is coming to meet you--he and four hundred men with him."

Matthew 10:34
Do not assume that I have come to bring peace to the earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword.

serve.

Genesis 25:23
and He declared to her: "Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples from within you will be separated; one people will be stronger than the other, and the older will serve the younger."

2 Samuel 8:14
He placed garrisons throughout Edom, and all the Edomites were subject to David. So the LORD made David victorious wherever he went.

1 Kings 11:15-17
Earlier, when David was in Edom, Joab the commander of the army had gone to bury the dead and had struck down every male in Edom. . . .

2 Kings 14:7, 10
Amaziah struck down ten thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt. He took Sela in battle and called it Joktheel, its name to this very day. . . .

1 Chronicles 18:11-13
and King David dedicated these to the LORD, along with the silver and gold he had carried off from all these nations--from Edom and Moab, and from the Ammonites, Philistines, and Amalekites. . . .

2 Chronicles 25:11, 12
Amaziah, however, summoned his strength and led his troops to the Valley of Salt, where he struck down 10, 000 men of Seir, . . .

Psalm 60:8
Moab is My washbasin; upon Edom I toss My sandal; over Philistia I shout in triumph."

Obadiah 1:17
But on Mount Zion there will be deliverance, and it will be holy, and the house of Jacob will reclaim their possession.

that thou.

2 Kings 8:20-22
In the days of Jehoram, Edom rebelled against the hand of Judah and appointed their own king. . . .

2 Chronicles 21:8, 10
In the days of Jehoram, Edom rebelled against the hand of Judah and appointed their own king. . . .

2 Chronicles 28:17
The Edomites had again come and attacked Judah and carried away captives.

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
"By your sword you shall live, And your brother you shall serve; But it shall come about when you become restless, That you will break his yoke from your neck."

King James 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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
You will live by your sword, and you will serve your brother. But when you rebel, you will break his yoke from your neck.

International Standard Version
By your sword you'll live; but you'll serve your brother. But when you've become restless, you'll break off his yoke from your neck."

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."
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