ESV Reformation Study Bible – Gen 27:40
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Gen 27:40

27:40 break his yoke. See note 25:23. From time to time Edom was able to break free of Israelite domination (2 Kin. 8:20–22). In addition, Herod the Great was a descendant of Esau.