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Genesis 27:41

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Gen 27:41

Esau’s complaining and weeping were now changed into mortal hatred of his brother. “The days of mourning,” he said to himself, “for my father are at hand, and I will kill my brother Jacob.” אבי אבל: genit. obj. as in Amo 8:10; Jer 6:26. He would put off his intended fratricide that he might not hurt his father’s mind.