⁴² When Rebekah was told what her older son Esau^(A) had said, she sent for her younger son Jacob and said to him, “Your brother Esau is planning to avenge himself by killing you.^{(B) 43} Now then, my son, do what I say:^(C) Flee at once to my brother Laban^(D) in Harran.^{(E) 44} Stay with him for a while^(F) until your brother’s fury subsides. ⁴⁵ When your brother is no longer angry with you and forgets what you did to him,^(G) I’ll send word for you to come back from there.^(H) Why should I lose both of you in one day?”