Genesis 27:40 Cross References - NSB

⁴⁰ »You will live by your sword. You will serve your brother. Soon you will become restless and break his yoke from your neck.«

²³ Jehovah said: »Two nations are within you. You will give birth to two rival peoples. One will be stronger than the other. The older will serve the younger.«

⁶ When the messengers returned to Jacob, they said: »We went to your brother Esau. He is already on his way to meet you. He has four hundred men with him.«

¹⁴ He put troops everywhere in Edom. All the Edomites were David’s subjects. Everywhere David went Jehovah gave him victories.

¹⁵ When David had sent destruction on Edom, and Joab, the commander of the army went to bury the dead. They put to death every male in Edom. ¹⁶ Joab and all Israel stayed there six months until they had destroyed every male in Edom. ¹⁷ Hadad was a young boy at the time. He and some of his father's Edomite servants fled to Egypt.

²⁰ Edom revolted against Judah and became an independent kingdom. ²¹ Jehoram and his chariots went to Zair. The Edomite army surrounded them. He and his chariot commanders managed to break out and escape. His soldiers scattered to their homes. ²² Edom has been independent of Judah ever since. The city of Libnah also revolted at that time.

⁷ He put to the sword twelve thousand men of Edom in the Valley of Salt. He captured Sela in war, and named it Joktheel, as it is to this day.

¹⁰ »It is true that you have overcome Edom and your heart is uplifted. Let that glory be enough for you and stay in your own country. Why do you make causes for trouble, putting yourself and Judah with you in danger of downfall?«

¹¹ King David dedicated all the articles of gold, silver, and bronze to Jehovah, along with the silver and gold he had taken from other nations-from Edom, Moab, Ammon, the Philistines, and Amalek. ¹² Zeruiah’s son Abishai killed eighteen thousand Edomites in the Dead Sea region. ¹³ He put troops in Edom, and all its people became David’s subjects. Everywhere David went Jehovah gave him victories.

¹¹ Amaziah courageously led his troops. When he came to the Dead Sea region, he killed ten thousand men from Seir. ¹² The Judeans captured another ten thousand alive. They took them to the top of a cliff, and threw them off the top of the cliff so that they were dismembered.

⁸ During Jehoram’s time Edom rebelled against Judah and chose its own king.

¹⁰ So Edom rebelled against Judah’s rule and is still independent today. At the same time Edom rebelled, Libnah rebelled because Jehoram had abandoned Jehovah the God of his ancestors.

¹⁷ The Edomites had again invaded and defeated Judah and captured prisoners.

⁸ Moab is my washbasin. I will throw my shoe on Edom. I shout in triumph over Philistia.

¹⁷ »There will be those who escape in Mount Zion. It will be holy, and the house of Jacob will take (confiscate) their possessions. ¹⁸ »The house of Jacob will be a fire! The house of Joseph will be a flame! The house of Esau will be for stubble and they will burn among them, and devour them. There will be no survivors of the house of Esau: for Jehovah has spoken! ¹⁹ »And they of the South will possess the mount of Esau! They of the lowland, the Philistines, will possess the field of Ephraim and the field of Samaria! Benjamin will possess Gilead. ²⁰ »The captives of this host of the children of Israel among the Canaanites, will possess Zarephath. The captives of Jerusalem in Sepharad will possess the cities of the South. ²¹ »Saviors will come up on Mount Zion to judge the mountain of Esau; and the kingdom will be Jehovah's.«

³⁴ »Do not think I came to bring peace on the earth. I came not to bring peace, but a sword.