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Two Nations [06-06]

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God told Rebekah, “Two nations will come from the two sons inside of you. They will struggle with each other and the older son will serve the younger one.”

孩子出生前,神告诉利百加将来年长的要服事年幼的。

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Translation Notes:

  • from the two sons - That is, "from the descendants of the two sons."
  • They will struggle with each other - Both the two sons and the nations that will come from them will continually fight with each other. Compare to :zh:obs🎶frames:06-05].
  • the older son - Even though the babies were twins, the baby that came out first would be treated as the older son.
  • serve the younger one This could be translated as, "the older son will have to do what the younger one tells him to do."