Genesis 27:40
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You shall live by the sword and serve your brother. But when you rebel, you will tear his yoke from your neck.”
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and He declared to her: “Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples from within you will be separated; one people will be stronger than the other, and the older will serve the younger.”
He placed garrisons throughout Edom, and all the Edomites were subject to David. So the LORD made David victorious wherever he went.
So to this day Edom has been in rebellion against the hand of Judah. Likewise, Libnah rebelled against his rule at the same time, because Jehoram had forsaken the LORD, the God of his fathers.
In the days of Jehoram, Edom rebelled against the hand of Judah and appointed their own king.
The Edomites had again come and attacked Judah and carried away captives.
Moab is My washbasin; upon Edom I toss My sandal; over Philistia I shout in triumph.”
Amaziah struck down 10,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt. He took Sela in battle and called it Joktheel, which is its name to this very day.
You have indeed defeated Edom, and your heart has become proud. Glory in that and stay at home. Why should you stir up trouble so that you fall—you and Judah with you?”
When the messengers returned to Jacob, they said, “We went to your brother Esau, and now he is coming to meet you—he and four hundred men with him.”
Do not assume that I have come to bring peace to the earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword.