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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.
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A Prophecy of Nations
Commentators explain that God's message to Rebekah was not just about her sons, but about the two distinct nations that would descend from them. The struggle in her womb foreshadowed a future of national conflict and differing destinies. This reveals that God's plan extends far beyond individuals, shaping the course of history according to His sovereign purpose.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
פדן padān — Paddan, “plowed field;” related: “cut, plow.”
עשׂי ‛êśâv, Esau, “hairy, or made.”
19th Century
Anglican
THE TÔLDÔTH ISAAC (Genesis 25:19 to Genesis 35:29).
THE BIRTH OF ISAAC’S SONS.
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16th Century
Protestant
Two nations.
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And the Lord said unto her Either by one or other of the above persons she acquainted with this affair, and entreated to seek …
Isaac seems not to have been much tried, but to have spent his days in quietness. Jacob and Esau were prayed for; their parents, after being long c…
