Genesis 25
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Genesis 25:23-26

23And the LordH3068 saidH559 to her, “1TwoH8147 nationsH1471 are in your wombH990; 2And twoH8147 peoplesH3816 will be separatedH6504 from your bodyH4578; And one peopleH3816 will beH553 strongerH553 thanH4480 the otherH3816; And 3the olderH7227 will serveH5647 the youngerH6810.” 24When her daysH3117 leading to the deliveryH3205 were atH4390 anH4390 endH4390, beholdH2009, there were twinsH8420 in her wombH990. 25Now the firstH7223 cameH3318 outH3318 redH132, 4allH3605 over like a hairyH8181 garmentH155; and they namedH7121H8034 him EsauH6215. 26AfterwardH310 his brotherH251 cameH3318 outH3318 with 5his handH3027 holdingH270 on to Esau’sH6215 heelH6119, so 6he was namedH7121H8034 7JacobH3290; and IsaacH3327 was 8sixtyH8346 yearsH8141 oldH1121 when she gaveH3205 birthH3205 to them.

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Notes

  1. 1. Genesis 25:23 Gen 17:4-6, 16; Num 20:14; Deut 2:4, 8 ↩
  2. 2. Genesis 25:23 Gen 27:29 ↩
  3. 3. Genesis 25:23 Gen 27:40; Mal 1:2, 3; Rom 9:12 ↩
  4. 4. Genesis 25:25 Gen 27:11 ↩
  5. 5. Genesis 25:26 Hos 12:3 ↩
  6. 6. Genesis 25:26 Gen 27:36 ↩
  7. 7. Genesis 25:26 I.e., one who takes by the heel or supplants ↩
  8. 8. Genesis 25:26 Gen 25:20 ↩

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