Romans 9:12

KJV1611 – Modern English

It was said to her, The elder shall serve the younger.

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  • Gen 25:22-23 : 22 And the children struggled together within her; and she said, If it is so, why am I this way? So she went to inquire of the LORD. 23 And the LORD said to her, Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples shall be separated from your body; and one people shall be stronger than the other, and the older shall serve the younger.
  • 2 Sam 8:14 : 14 And he put garrisons in Edom; throughout all Edom he put garrisons, and all the Edomites became David's servants. And the LORD preserved David wherever he went.
  • 1 Kgs 22:47 : 47 There was then no king in Edom: a deputy was king.

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    10And not only this; but Rebecca also had conceived by one man, even by our father Isaac;

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    40And by your sword you shall live, and shall serve your brother; and it shall come to pass, when you shall have the dominion, that you shall break his yoke from off your neck.

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