23 And the Lord said to her,

(A)“Two nations are in your womb,
    and two peoples from within you[a] shall be divided;
(B)the one shall be stronger than the other,
    (C)the older shall serve the younger.”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 25:23 Or from birth

24 When her days to give birth were completed, behold, there were twins in her womb.

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26 Afterward his brother came out with (A)his hand holding Esau's heel, so (B)his name was called Jacob.[a] Isaac was sixty years old when she bore them.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 25:26 Jacob means He takes by the heel, or He cheats

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