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Gen 25:26 — And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau's heel; and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac [was] threescore years old when she bare them.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

And after		Gen 38:28-30
took		Hsa 12:3
Jacob		Gen 27:36
Isaac was		Gen 25:20

Correlating Passages

And after

	Gen 38:28	And it came to pass, when she travailed, that [the one] put out [his] hand: and the midwife took and bound upon his hand a scarlet thread, saying, This came out first.
	Gen 38:29	And it came to pass, as he drew back his hand, that, behold, his brother came out: and she said, How hast thou broken forth? [this] breach [be] upon thee: therefore his name was called Pharez.
	Gen 38:30	And afterward came out his brother, that had the scarlet thread upon his hand: and his name was called Zarah.

took

Hsa 12:3

He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God:

Jacob

Gen 27:36

And he said, Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he hath supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright; and, behold, now he hath taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me?

Isaac was

Gen 25:20

And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padanaram, the sister to Laban the Syrian.

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Scott, Thomas. "Genesis 25:26," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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