Genesis 25:21-23

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²¹And Isaac prayed to the Lord for his wife, because she was barren; and the Lord granted his prayer, and Rebekah his wife conceived. ²²The children struggled together within her; and she said, “If it is thus, why do I live?”^[a] So she went to inquire of the Lord. ²³And 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.”

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Genesis 25:22 Syr: Heb obscure

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