BLB Gen 25

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Gen 25:23 — 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.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

Two nations		Gen 17:16; Gen 24:60
two manner		Gen 25:27; Gen 32:6; Gen 33:3; Gen 36:31; Num 20:14
the elder		Gen 27:29,40; 2Sa 8:14; 1Ki 22:47; 1Ch 18:13; 2Ch 25:11,12; Psa 60:8,9; Psa 83:5-15; Isa 34:1-17; Isa 63:1-6; Jer 49:7-22; Eze 25:12-14; Eze 35:1-15; Amo 1:11,12; Oba 1:1-16; Mal 1:2-5; Rom 9:10-13

Correlating Passages

Two nations

	Gen 17:16	And I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be [a mother] of nations; kings of people shall be of her.
	Gen 24:60	And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Thou [art] our sister, be thou [the mother] of thousands of millions, and let thy seed possess the gate of those which hate them.

two manner

	Gen 25:27	And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob [was] a plain man, dwelling in tents.
	Gen 32:6	And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother Esau, and also he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him.
	Gen 33:3	And he passed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.
	Gen 36:31	And these [are] the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before there reigned any king over the children of Israel.
	Num 20:14	And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh unto the king of Edom, Thus saith thy brother Israel, Thou knowest all the travail that hath befallen us:

the elder

	Gen 27:29	Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee: be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother's sons bow down to thee: cursed [be] every one that curseth thee, and blessed [be] he that blesseth thee.
	Gen 27:40	And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck.
	2Sa 8:14	And he put garrisons in Edom; throughout all Edom put he garrisons, and all they of Edom became David's servants. And the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went.
	1Ki 22:47	[There was] then no king in Edom: a deputy [was] king.
	1Ch 18:13	And he put garrisons in Edom; and all the Edomites became David's servants. Thus the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went.
	2Ch 25:11	And Amaziah strengthened himself, and led forth his people, and went to the valley of salt, and smote of the children of Seir ten thousand.
	2Ch 25:12	And [other] ten thousand [left] alive did the children of Judah carry away captive, and brought them unto the top of the rock, and cast them down from the top of the rock, that they all were broken in pieces.
	Psa 60:8	Moab [is] my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe: Philistia, triumph thou because of me.
	Psa 60:9	Who will bring me [into] the strong city? who will lead me into Edom?
	Psa 83:5	For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee:
	Psa 83:6	The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites; of Moab, and the Hagarenes;
	Psa 83:7	Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre;
	Psa 83:8	Assur also is joined with them: they have holpen the children of Lot. Selah.
	Psa 83:9	Do unto them as [unto] the Midianites; as [to] Sisera, as [to] Jabin, at the brook of Kison:
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	Isa 34:1	Come near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye people: let the earth hear, and all that is therein; the world, and all things that come forth of it.
	Isa 34:2	For the indignation of the LORD [is] upon all nations, and [his] fury upon all their armies: he hath utterly destroyed them, he hath delivered them to the slaughter.
	Isa 34:3	Their slain also shall be cast out, and their stink shall come up out of their carcases, and the mountains shall be melted with their blood.
	Isa 34:4	And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll: and all their host shall fall down, as the leaf falleth off from the vine, and as a falling [fig] from the fig tree.
	Isa 34:5	For my sword shall be bathed in heaven: behold, it shall come down upon Idumea, and upon the people of my curse, to judgment.
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	Isa 63:1	Who [is] this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? this [that is] glorious in his apparel, travelling in the greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save.
	Isa 63:2	Wherefore [art thou] red in thine apparel, and thy garments like him that treadeth in the winefat?
	Isa 63:3	I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the people [there was] none with me: for I will tread them in mine anger, and trample them in my fury; and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain all my raiment.
	Isa 63:4	For the day of vengeance [is] in mine heart, and the year of my redeemed is come.
	Isa 63:5	And I looked, and [there was] none to help; and I wondered that [there was] none to uphold: therefore mine own arm brought salvation unto me; and my fury, it upheld me.
	Isa 63:6	And I will tread down the people in mine anger, and make them drunk in my fury, and I will bring down their strength to the earth.
	Jer 49:7	Concerning Edom, thus saith the LORD of hosts; [Is] wisdom no more in Teman? is counsel perished from the prudent? is their wisdom vanished?
	Jer 49:8	Flee ye, turn back, dwell deep, O inhabitants of Dedan; for I will bring the calamity of Esau upon him, the time [that] I will visit him.
	Jer 49:9	If grapegatherers come to thee, would they not leave [some] gleaning grapes? if thieves by night, they will destroy till they have enough.
	Jer 49:10	But I have made Esau bare, I have uncovered his secret places, and he shall not be able to hide himself: his seed is spoiled, and his brethren, and his neighbours, and he [is] not.
	Jer 49:11	Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve [them] alive; and let thy widows trust in me.
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	Eze 25:12	Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because that Edom hath dealt against the house of Judah by taking vengeance, and hath greatly offended, and revenged himself upon them;
	Eze 25:13	Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also stretch out mine hand upon Edom, and will cut off man and beast from it; and I will make it desolate from Teman; and they of Dedan shall fall by the sword.
	Eze 25:14	And I will lay my vengeance upon Edom by the hand of my people Israel: and they shall do in Edom according to mine anger and according to my fury; and they shall know my vengeance, saith the Lord GOD.
	Eze 35:1	Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
	Eze 35:2	Son of man, set thy face against mount Seir, and prophesy against it,
	Eze 35:3	And say unto it, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, O mount Seir, I [am] against thee, and I will stretch out mine hand against thee, and I will make thee most desolate.
	Eze 35:4	I will lay thy cities waste, and thou shalt be desolate, and thou shalt know that I [am] the LORD.
	Eze 35:5	Because thou hast had a perpetual hatred, and hast shed [the blood of] the children of Israel by the force of the sword in the time of their calamity, in the time [that their] iniquity [had] an end:
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	Amo 1:11	Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not turn away [the punishment] thereof; because he did pursue his brother with the sword, and did cast off all pity, and his anger did tear perpetually, and he kept his wrath for ever:
	Amo 1:12	But I will send a fire upon Teman, which shall devour the palaces of Bozrah.
	Oba 1:1	The vision of Obadiah. Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning Edom; We have heard a rumour from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent among the heathen, Arise ye, and let us rise up against her in battle.
	Oba 1:2	Behold, I have made thee small among the heathen: thou art greatly despised.
	Oba 1:3	The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation [is] high; that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground?
	Oba 1:4	Though thou exalt [thyself] as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the LORD.
	Oba 1:5	If thieves came to thee, if robbers by night, (how art thou cut off!) would they not have stolen till they had enough? if the grapegatherers came to thee, would they not leave [some] grapes?
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	Mal 1:2	I have loved you, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? [Was] not Esau Jacob's brother? saith the LORD: yet I loved Jacob,
	Mal 1:3	And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness.
	Mal 1:4	Whereas Edom saith, We are impoverished, but we will return and build the desolate places; thus saith the LORD of hosts, They shall build, but I will throw down; and they shall call them, The border of wickedness, and, The people against whom the LORD hath indignation for ever.
	Mal 1:5	And your eyes shall see, and ye shall say, The LORD will be magnified from the border of Israel.