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Genesis 27:42

And 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.

KJV

Nuntiata sunt hæc Rebeccæ : quæ mittens et vocans Jacob filium suum, dixit ad eum : Ecce Esau frater tuus minatur ut occidat te.

Vulgate

ἀπηγγέλη δὲ Ῥεβέκκᾳ τὰ ῥήματα Ἠσαὺ τοῦ υἱοῦ αὐτῆς τοῦ πρεσβυτέρου· καὶ πέμψασα ἐκάλεσεν Ἰακὼβ τὸν υἱὸν αὐτῆς τὸν νεώτερον καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ Ἰδοὺ Ἠσαὺ ὁ ἀδελφός σου ἀπειλεῖ σοι τοῦ ἀποκτεῖναί σε.

LXX

And the 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.

ASV

וַ/יֻּגַּ֣ד לְ/רִבְקָ֔ה אֶת דִּבְרֵ֥י עֵשָׂ֖ו בְּנָ֣/הּ הַ/גָּדֹ֑ל וַ/תִּשְׁלַ֞ח וַ/תִּקְרָ֤א לְ/יַעֲקֹב֙ בְּנָ֣/הּ הַ/קָּטָ֔ן וַ/תֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלָ֔י/ו הִנֵּה֙ עֵשָׂ֣ו אָחִ֔י/ךָ מִתְנַחֵ֥ם לְ/ךָ֖ לְ/הָרְגֶֽ/ךָ

Hebrew

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In this verse

People RebekahEsauJacobJacob

In the original Hebrew

17 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
גָּד֖וֹל
gdvl
verb · 528×
דְבַר
dbr
noun · 1449×
הִנֵּ֥ה
hnh
pronoun · 838×
ו
v
noun · 629×
יַעֲקֹ֖ב
y'qb
proper_noun · 346×
יִּקְרָ֥א
yqr'
verb · 737×
יַּגֶּד
ygd
verb · 369×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
ם
m
verb · 167×
נִי
ny
verb · 108×
נִי
ny
verb · 838×
עֵשָׂ֔ו
'shv
proper_noun · 97×
קָּטֹ֖ן
qtn
adjective · 101×
רִבְקָ֥ה
rbqh
proper_noun · 30×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.