Genesis 25:23

And Hashem said unto her, 1 Two goyim (nations) are in thy womb, 1 and two peoples shall be separated from within thee; 1 and the one people shall be stronger than the other people; 1 and the older shall serve the younger.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And the LORD said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels; and the one people shall be stronger than the other people; and the elder shall serve the younger.

In Context

22And the banim struggled jostling within her; and she said, If it be well, why am I thus? And she went to inquire of Hashem.

24And when her days were fulfilled to be delivered, hinei, there were twins in her womb.

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Cross References

Genesis 17:4As for Me, hinei, My brit (covenant) is with thee, and thou shalt be an Av of many Goyim. + 17:4 See 18:18

Genesis 24:60And they said a brocha over Rivkah, and said unto her, Thou art achoteinu, may thou be increased to thousands upon thousands and may thy zera possess the sha'ar of those which hate them.

Genesis 27:29Let people serve thee, 1 and amim bow down to thee: 1 be gevir over thy achim, 1 and let bnei immecha bow down to thee: 1 arur be every one that curseth thee, 1 and baruch be he that blesseth thee.

Genesis 27:40And by thy cherev shalt thou live, 1 and shalt serve achicha; 1 and it shall come to pass when thou shalt become restless, 1 that thou shalt break his ol (yoke) from off thy tzavar (neck).

Genesis 33:3And he passed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground sheva pe'amim, until he came near to achiv (his brother).

Genesis 48:19And aviv refused, and said, I know it, beni (my son), I know it; he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great; but truly achiv hakaton shall be greater than he, and his zera shall become a multitude of Goyim.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 25:20-29

Birth of Esau and Jacob. ( b. c. 1837.) 19 And these are the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son: Abraham begat Isaac: 20 And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padan-aram, the sister to Laban the Syrian. 21 And Isaac intreated the Lord for his wife, because she was barren: and the Lord was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived. 22 And the children struggled together within her; and she said, If it be so, why am I thus? And she went to enquire… Read the whole commentary →

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