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Genesis 27:40 KJV
Genesis · chapter 27 · verse 40
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.Genesis 27:40 · King James Version
Genesis 27:40 in context
38And Esau said unto his father, Hast thou but one blessing, my father? bless me, even me also, O my father. And Esau lifted up his voice, and wept.
39And Isaac his father answered and said unto him, Behold, thy dwelling shall be the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above;
40And 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.
41And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob.
42And these words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebekah: and she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said unto him, Behold, thy brother Esau, as touching thee, doth comfort himself, purposing to kill thee.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- dominionrûwdto tramp aboutH7300 →
- brotherʼâcha brother )H251 →
- swordcherebdroughtH2719 →
- serveʻâbadto workH5647 →
- breakpâraqto break off or crunchH6561 →
- livechâyâhto live, whether literally or figurativelyH2421 →
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Here is, I. The covenant-blessing denied to Esau. He that made so light of the birthright would now have inherited the blessing, but he was rejected, and found no place of repentance in his father, though he sought it carefully with tears, Heb 12:17. Observe, 1. How carefully he sought it.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 30-40