Genesis 25:23
Yahweh said to her, “Two nations are in your womb. Two peoples will be separated from your body. The one people will be stronger than the other people. The elder will serve the younger.”This verse in the real world
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- פָּרַדpâradto break through, i.e. spread or separate (oneself)
- לְאֹםlᵉʼôma community
- מֵעֶהmêʻehused only in plural the intestines, or (collectively) the abdomen, figuratively, sympathy;
- אָמַץʼâmatsto be alert, physically (on foot) or mentally (in courage)
- בֶּטֶןbeṭenthe belly, especially the womb; also the bosom or body of anything
- עָבַדʻâbadto work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.
- רַבrababundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
- גּוֹיgôwya foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Rom 9:10–13, Gen 27:40, Gen 27:29, 2Sa 8:14, Mal 1:2–5, Gen 17:16, Ezk 25:12–14, 1Ch 18:13