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Rom 9:12 — It was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger.
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The elder   or, The greater. Gen 25:22,23; 2Sa 8:14; 1Ki 22:47
younger   or, lesser.
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The elder
Gen 25:22 And the children struggled together within her; and she said, If [it be] so, why [am] I thus? And she went to enquire of the LORD.
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.
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.

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Scott, Thomas. "Romans 9:12," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/tsk_b/Rom/9/12.html>.

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