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Genesis 25:21-26

21And Isaacיִצְחָ֤קyitz.ChakH3327intreatedוַיֶּעְתַּ֨רvai.ye'.TarH6279Yhwhלַֽיהוָה֙la.Yah.wehH3068forלְנֹ֣כַחle.No.khachH5227his wifeאִשְׁתּ֔וֹ'ish.ToH802, because she wasbarrenעֲקָרָ֖ה'a.ka.RahH6135:And Yhwhיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068was intreatedוַיֵּעָ֤תֶרvai.ye.'A.terH6279of him, and Rebekahרִבְקָ֥הriv.KahH7259his wifeאִשְׁתּֽוֹ׃'ish.ToH802conceivedוַתַּ֖הַרva.Ta.harH2029.

22And the childrenהַבָּנִים֙ha.ba.NimH1121struggled togetherוַיִּתְרֹֽצֲצ֤וּvai.yit.ro.tza.TzuH7533within herבְּקִרְבָּ֔הּbe.kir.BahH7130;and she saidוַתֹּ֣אמֶרva.To.merH559, If it be so, why amI thusזֶּ֖הzehH2088?And she wentH3212to enquireלִדְרֹ֥שׁlid.RoshH1875of Yhwhיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068.

23And Yhwhיְהוָ֜הYah.wehH3068saidוַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559unto her, Twoשְׁנֵ֤יshe.NeiH8147nationsגוֹיִם֙go.yimH1471arein thy wombבְּבִטְנֵ֔ךְbe.vit.NekhH990,and two mannerוּשְׁנֵ֣יu.she.NeiH8147of peopleלְאֻמִּ֔יםle.'u.MimH3816shall be separatedיִפָּרֵ֑דוּyi.pa.Re.duH6504from thy bowelsמִמֵּעַ֖יִךְmi.me.'A.yikhH4578; and the onepeopleוּלְאֹם֙u.le.'OmH3816shall be strongerיֶֽאֱמָ֔ץye.'e.MatzH553than the otherpeopleמִלְאֹ֣םmil.'OmH3816;and the elderוְרַ֖בve.RavH7227shall serveיַעֲבֹ֥דya.'a.VodH5647the youngerצָעִֽיר׃tza.'IrH6810.

24And when her daysיָמֶ֖יהָya.Mei.haH3117to be deliveredלָלֶ֑דֶתla.Le.detH3205were fulfilledוַיִּמְלְא֥וּvai.yim.le.'UH4390, behold, there weretwinsתוֹמִ֖םto.MimH8380in her wombבְּבִטְנָֽהּ׃be.vit.NahH990.

25And the firstהָרִאשׁוֹן֙ha.ri.shOnH7223came outוַיֵּצֵ֤אvai.ye.Tze'H3318redאַדְמוֹנִ֔י'ad.mo.NiH132,all over like an hairyשֵׂעָ֑רse.'ArH8181garmentכְּאַדֶּ֣רֶתke.'a.De.retH155;and they calledוַיִּקְרְא֥וּvai.yik.re.'UH7121his nameשְׁמ֖וֹshe.MoH8034Esauעֵשָֽׂו׃'e.SavH6215.

26And afterוְאַֽחֲרֵי־ve.'a.cha.rei-H310that cameH3318his brotherאָחִ֗יו'a.ChivH251outH3318,and his handוְיָד֤וֹve.ya.DoH3027took holdאֹחֶ֙זֶת֙'o.Che.zetH270on Esau’sעֵשָׂ֔ו'e.SavH6215heelבַּעֲקֵ֣בba.'a.KevH6119;and his nameשְׁמ֖וֹshe.MoH8034was calledוַיִּקְרָ֥אvai.yik.Ra'H7121Jacobיַעֲקֹ֑בya.'a.KoH3290:and Isaacוְיִצְחָ֛קve.yitz.ChakH3327wasthreescoreשִׁשִּׁ֥יםshi.ShimH8346yearsשָׁנָ֖הsha.NahH8141oldבֶּן־ben-H1121when she bareבְּלֶ֥דֶתbe.Le.detH3205them.

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