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Genesis 25:23-25
New Living Translation
Genesis 25:23-25
New Living Translation
23 And the Lord told her, “The sons in your womb will become two nations. From the very beginning, the two nations will be rivals. One nation will be stronger than the other; and your older son will serve your younger son.”
24 And when the time came to give birth, Rebekah discovered that she did indeed have twins! 25 The first one was very red at birth and covered with thick hair like a fur coat. So they named him Esau.[a]
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- 25:25 Esau sounds like a Hebrew term that means “hair.”
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