40 You will live by the sword
    and you will serve(A) your brother.(B)
But when you grow restless,
    you will throw his yoke
    from off your neck.(C)

41 Esau held a grudge(D) against Jacob(E) because of the blessing his father had given him. He said to himself, “The days of mourning(F) for my father are near; then I will kill(G) my brother Jacob.”(H)

42 When Rebekah was told what her older son Esau(I) had said, she sent for her younger son Jacob and said to him, “Your brother Esau is planning to avenge himself by killing you.(J)

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