until your brother’s rage against you wanes and he forgets what you have done to him. Then I will send for you and bring you back from there. Why should I lose both of you in one day?”
Parallel translations
- WEB until your brother’s anger turn away from you, and he forgets what you have done to him. Then I will send, and get you from there. Why should I be bereaved of you both in one day?”
- KJV Until thy brother’s anger turn away from thee, and he forget that which thou hast done to him: then I will send, and fetch thee from thence: why should I be deprived also of you both in one day?
- NKJV until your brother’s anger turns away from you, and he forgets what you have done to him; then I will send and bring you from there. Why should I be bereaved also of you both in one day?”
- NASB until your brother’s anger against you subsides and he forgets what you did to him. Then I will send word and get you from there. Why should I lose you both in one day?”
- NLT When he calms down and forgets what you have done to him, I will send for you to come back. Why should I lose both of you in one day?”
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Rebekah hopes Esau's anger will pass and she can recall Jacob, fearing she might lose both sons "in one day."
Overview
Her dread of losing both sons—Jacob by murder and Esau by the resulting blood-guilt or vengeance—reveals the bitter fruit of favoritism and deceit in this household. The promised "sending" for Jacob never comes in her lifetime, a poignant note on consequences. Even so, the covenant line continues through the very son she sends away.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 8
- Jas 4:13–15Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business, and make a profit.”
- 2 Sam 14:6–7And your maidservant had two sons who were fighting in the field with no one to separate them, and one struck the other and killed him.
- Lam 3:37Who has spoken and it came to pass, unless the Lord has ordained it?
- Gen 4:8–16Then Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let us go out to the field.” And while they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel and killed him.
- Gen 9:5–6And surely I will require the life of any man or beast by whose hand your lifeblood is shed. I will demand an accounting from anyone who takes the life of his fellow man:
- Prov 19:21Many plans are in a man’s heart, but the purpose of the LORD will prevail.
- Gen 27:35But Isaac replied, “Your brother came deceitfully and took your blessing.”
- Acts 28:4When the islanders saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, “Surely this man is a murderer. Although he was saved from the sea, Justice has not allowed him to live.”
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