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The LORD 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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Verse 23. The younger. The Idumeans shall be subdued by the arms of David: and the Jews themselves shall yield to the Christian Church. Saint Augustine de Calmet. D. xvi. 35.) Saint Paul, Romans 9 draws another very important truth from this history, shewing the mercy of God to be gratuitous in choosing his saints. Worthington.
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