Genesis 25:23 meaning and explanation
and He declared to her: “Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples from within you will be separated; one people will be stronger than the other, and the older will serve the younger.”
Genesis 25:23, Berean Standard Bible
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Rebekah, pregnant with twins and troubled by their struggling within her, goes to inquire of the LORD, and this oracle is His answer. The LORD speaks of two nations in her womb, not merely two sons: the twins will become Israel and Edom, and their descendants will be distinct peoples.
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