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Genesis 25:22-24
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Genesis 25:22-24
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
22 The children struggled together within her, and she said, “If it is to be this way, why do I live?”[a] So she went to inquire of the Lord. 23 And the Lord said to her,
“Two nations are in your womb,
and two peoples born of you shall be divided;
the one shall be stronger than the other;
the elder shall serve the younger.”(A)
24 When her time to give birth was at hand, there were twins in her womb.
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- 25.22 Syr: Meaning of Heb uncertain
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