I will send, and fetch thee There is no mention of this part of Rebekah's promise being fulfilled.

be bereaved of you both The expression seems to be a reference to the custom of blood-revenge, as in 2 Samuel 14:7. The life of the murderer would be required by the family. He must either be banished from the family, or judicially put to death. In either case the parents would be "bereaved of both."

Or, possibly, "you both" refers to Isaac, her husband, and Jacob, her favourite son. On the day of Isaac's death, Esau intended to slay Jacob.

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