Cross references
Genesis 27:40
You shall live by the sword
and serve your brother.
But when you rebel,
you will tear his yoke from your neck.”
Genesis 27:40 has 15 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 8 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Genesis 25:23 (9 votes) and 2 Kings 8:20–22 (9 votes). 28 other verses point back to it. It links with 16 other books, from Genesis 9 to Hebrews 12.
Which verses does Genesis 27:40 point to?
Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.
- Genesis 25:239 votes
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.”
- 2 Kings 8:20–229 votes
In the days of Jehoram, Edom rebelled against the hand of Judah and appointed their own king. So Jehoram crossed over to Zair with all his chariots. When the Edomites surrounded him and his chariot commanders, he rose up and attacked by night. His troops, however, fled to their homes. …
- 2 Samuel 8:147 votes
He placed garrisons throughout Edom, and all the Edomites were subject to David. So the LORD made David victorious wherever he went.
- 2 Chronicles 21:85 votes
In the days of Jehoram, Edom rebelled against the hand of Judah and appointed their own king.
- 2 Chronicles 21:105 votes
So to this day Edom has been in rebellion against the hand of Judah. Likewise, Libnah rebelled against his hand at the same time, because Jehoram had forsaken the LORD, the God of his fathers.
- 2 Chronicles 25:11–125 votes
Amaziah, however, summoned his strength and led his troops to the Valley of Salt, where he struck down 10,000 men of Seir, and the army of Judah also captured 10,000 men alive. They took them to the top of a cliff and threw them down so that all were dashed to pieces.
- 2 Chronicles 28:174 votes
The Edomites had again come and attacked Judah and carried away captives.
- Psalm 60:84 votes
Moab is My washbasin; upon Edom I toss My sandal; over Philistia I shout in triumph.”
- Genesis 32:63 votes
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.”
- 1 Kings 11:15–173 votes
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. Joab and all Israel had stayed there six months, until he had killed every male in Edom. …
- 2 Kings 14:73 votes
- 2 Kings 14:103 votes
- 1 Chronicles 18:11–133 votes
- Obadiah 1:17–213 votes
- Matthew 10:342 votes
Which verses point to Genesis 27:40?
The 10 strongest of 28.