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2 Esdras 6:7-9
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
2 Esdras 6:7-9
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
The Dividing of the Times
7 I answered and said, “What will be the dividing of the times, or when will be the end of the first age and the beginning of the age that follows?”
8 He said to me, “From Abraham to Isaac,[a] because from him were born Jacob and Esau, for Jacob’s hand held Esau’s heel from the beginning.(A) 9 Now Esau is the end of this age, and Jacob is the beginning of the age that follows.
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- 6.8 Syr: Lat to Abraham
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