Genesis 27:40

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck.

Thy sword

Genesis 32:6

Matthew 10:34

Serve

That thou

2 Kings 8:20

2 Chronicles 21:8

2 Chronicles 28:17

General references

Numbers 24:18

Bible References

Thy sword

When the messengers returned to Jacob, they said, “We went to your brother Esau; he is coming to meet you—and he has 400 men with him.”

Don’t assume that I came to bring peace on the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.

Serve

And the Lord said to her:

Two nations are in your womb;
two people will come from you and 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. The Lord made David victorious wherever he went.

Earlier, when David was in Edom, Joab, the commander of the army, had gone to bury the dead and had struck down every male in Edom.

Amaziah killed 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.

King David also dedicated these to the Lord, along with the silver and gold he had carried off from all the nations—from Edom, Moab, the Ammonites, the Philistines, and the Amalekites.

Amaziah strengthened his position and led his people to the Valley of Salt. He struck down 10,000 Seirites,

Moab is My washbasin.
I throw My sandal on Edom;
I shout in triumph over Philistia.”

But there will be a deliverance on Mount Zion,
and it will be holy;
the house of Jacob will dispossess
those who dispossessed them.

That thou

During Jehoram’s reign, Edom rebelled against Judah’s control and appointed their own king.

During Jehoram’s reign, Edom rebelled against Judah’s domination and appointed their own king.

The Edomites came again, attacked Judah, and took captives.

General references

Edom will become a possession;
Seir will become a possession of its enemies,
but Israel will be triumphant.