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it was said to her, "The elder will serve the younger."
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A Prophecy About Nations
Commentators widely agree that this prophecy refers primarily to the nations that came from Esau (Edom) and Jacob (Israel), not just a personal power dynamic. Scholars like Calvin and Gill note that Jacob never personally ruled Esau, suggesting the prophecy's true fulfillment is spiritual, pointing to God's choice of Jacob's line for His covenant promises.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
It was said to her. By Jehovah. See Genesis 25:23.
The elder. This refers to the eldest son, who was Esau. By the law of p…
But of him that calleth (αλλ' εκ του καλουντος). Present active articular participle of καλεω in the ablative case after εκ. The s…
19th Century
Anglican
The elder shall serve the younger.—The margin gives as an alternative rendering, “the greater shall serve the lesser.…
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Baptist
(For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of w…
“Not only that” (v.10). Something more needs to be said, for any Jew could point out that the nation of Israel looked back to their origin in Isaac…
16th Century
Protestant
The elder shall serve the younger. See how the Lord makes a difference between the sons of Isaac, while they were still in their mother’s …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
It was said to her To Rebecca, (Genesis 25:23) ,
the elder shall serve the younger
The rejection of the Jews by the gospel dispensation did not break God's promise to the patriarchs. The promises and threats will be fulfilled. Gra…
13th Century
Catholic
After asserting the greatness of the Jews, the Apostle now shows that it did not refer to those who descended from the ancient patriarchs…
