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.
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For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall. …
And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him. …
Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue; …
And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us. …
They encourage themselves in an evil matter: they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them?
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 41-46)Here is, I. The malice Esau bore to Jacob upon account of the blessing which he had obtained, Gen. 27:41. Thus he went in the way of Cain, who slew his brother because he had gained that acceptance with God of which he had rendered himself unworthy. Esau’s hatred of Jacob was, 1. A causeless hatred. He hated him for no other reason but because his father blessed him and God loved him. Note, The ha…
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