 | Asa Mahan - Bible - 1850 - 188 pages
...greater and less in this verse ? This we may learn by reference to Gen. xxv. 23, from whence it is cited. "And the LORD said unto her, Two nations are in thy...other people ; and the elder shall serve the younger " The original Hebrew word here rendered elder, is used as Mr. Morison observes, upwards of six hundred... | |
 | Wilhelm Martin Leberecht De Wette - Bible - 1850 - 584 pages
...with xxvi. 18, 40, 41. - [Smallness, because Lot said, « It ia a little one."] Genesis xxv. 23. " Two nations are in thy womb, and two manner of people...other people, and the elder shall serve the younger." Genesis xxvii. 28, 29, 39, 40. " Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the... | |
 | Richard Watson - Apologetics - 1850 - 702 pages
...Jews. " As it is written, The elder shall serve the younger." Now this is written, Gen. xxv, 23, " Two NATIONS are in thy womb, and two manner of PEOPLE...be stronger than the other PEOPLE ; and the elder," the descendants of the elder, " shall serve the younger." So far, indeed, was this prophecy from being... | |
 | William Withers Ewbank - 1851 - 238 pages
...20—23. J ' And the children struggled together within her : and she said, If it be so, why am I thus ? And she went to inquire of the Lord. ' And the Lord...people shall be stronger than the other people ; and thu unborn, and therefore, of necessity, had done neither good nor evil. Jacob had done no good to... | |
 | Rev. Thomas N. Ralston - Theology, Doctrinal - 1851 - 478 pages
...manner, only quotes as much as was essential to his argument. The passage is recorded in Gen. xxv. 23. "And the Lord said unto her, Two nations are in thy...other people ; and the elder shall serve the younger." So far, then, from the apostle referring to Jacob and Esau personally, we here have the direct Scripture... | |
 | 1851 - 860 pages
...typical character of all the " vessels of mercy." But especially so as he stood in contrast with Esau: " Two nations are in thy womb, and two manner of people...other people, and the elder shall serve the younger." Here it is said, that, not only " two manner of people " were in the womb of Rebecca, but also two... | |
 | Bible - 1851 - 774 pages
...If it be so, why am 1 thus? And she went to ° inquire of the LORD. 23 And the LORD said unto her, p ܀ r the elder shall serve the younger. 24 And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold",... | |
 | Archibald Gardner - Bible - 1852 - 176 pages
...concluding part of the answer which God himself gave to Rebecca, when, in her peculiar circumstances, she "went to inquire of the Lord." "And the Lord said...other people ; and the elder shall serve the younger." The first point in this quotation to which we would direct attention, relates to the phrase rendered... | |
 | John Fletcher - Slavery - 1852 - 676 pages
...to dishonour ?" limn. ix. 20, 21. " Who hath made thee to differ one from another?" 1 Cor. iv. 7. " And the Lord said unto her, Two nations are in thy...people shall be stronger than the other people, and the older shall serve (13.y ya avod, be a slave to) the younger." Gf-en. xxv. 23. See also Rom. ix. 12.... | |
 | John Fletcher - Slavery - 1852 - 638 pages
...to dishonour ,?" Rom. ix. 20, 21, "Who hath made thee to differ one from another?" 1 Cor. iv. 7. " And the Lord said unto her, Two nations are in thy...people shall be stronger than the other people, and the older shall serve (IDjl^ ya avod, be a slave to) the younger." 6ren. xxv. 23. See also Rom. ix. 12.... | |
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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. 
