Genesis 25:23 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²³ And the Lord said to her, “Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples born of you shall be divided; the one shall be stronger than the other; the elder shall serve the younger.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²³ The Lord said to her, [The founders of] two nations are in your womb, and the separation of two peoples has begun in your body; the one people shall be stronger than the other, and the elder shall serve the younger.

American Standard Version (1901)

²³ And Jehovah said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, And two peoples shall be separated from thy bowels: And the one people shall be stronger than the other people; And the elder shall serve the younger.

Common English Bible

²³ And the LORD said to her, “Two nations are in your womb; two different peoples will emerge from your body. One people will be stronger than the other; the older will serve the younger.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

²³ And responding, he said, "Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples will be divided out of your womb, and one people will overcome the other people, and the elder will serve the younger."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²³ And he answering said: Two nations are in thy womb and two peoples shall be divided out of thy womb. And one people shall overcome the other; and the elder shall serve the younger.

Genesis 25:23 Cross References

Genesis 17:16

I will bless her and also give you a son by her. I will bless her, and she shall give rise to nations; kings of peoples shall come from her.”

Genesis 17:4

“As for me, this is my covenant with you: You shall be the ancestor of a multitude of nations.

Genesis 24:60

And they blessed Rebekah and said to her, “May you, our sister, become thousands of myriads; may your offspring gain possession of the gates of their foes.”

Genesis 25:24

When her time to give birth was at hand, there were twins in her womb.

Genesis 25:27

When the boys grew up, Esau was a skillful hunter, a man of the field, while Jacob was a quiet man, living in tents.

Genesis 27:29

Let peoples serve you and nations bow down to you. Be lord over your brothers, and may your mother’s sons bow down to you. Cursed be everyone who curses you, and blessed be everyone who blesses you!”

Genesis 27:33

Then Isaac trembled violently and said, “Who was it then that hunted game and brought it to me, and I ate it all before you came, and I have blessed him?—yes, and blessed he shall be!”

Genesis 27:37

Isaac answered Esau, “I have already made him your lord, and I have given him all his brothers as servants, and with grain and wine I have sustained him. What then can I do for you, my son?”

Genesis 27:40

By your sword you shall live, and you shall serve your brother, but when you break loose, you shall break his yoke from your neck.”

Genesis 32:6

The messengers returned to Jacob, saying, “We came to your brother Esau, and he is coming to meet you, and four hundred men are with him.”

Genesis 33:3

He himself went on ahead of them, bowing himself to the ground seven times, until he came near his brother.

Genesis 36:31

These are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the Israelites.

Genesis 48:19

But his father refused and said, “I know, my son, I know; he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great. Nevertheless his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his offspring shall become a multitude of nations.”

2 Samuel 8:14

He put garrisons in Edom; throughout all Edom he put garrisons, and all the Edomites became David’s servants. And the Lord gave victory to David wherever he went.

1 Kings 22:47

There was no king in Edom; a deputy was king.

1 Chronicles 18:13

He put garrisons in Edom, and all the Edomites became subject to David. And the Lord gave victory to David wherever he went.

Obadiah 1:21

Those who have been saved shall go up to Mount Zion to rule Mount Esau, and the kingdom shall be the Lord’s.

Numbers 20:14

Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom, “Thus says your brother Israel: You know all the adversity that has befallen us,

Deuteronomy 2:4

and charge the people as follows: “You are about to pass through the territory of your kindred, the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir. They will be afraid of you, so be very careful

Deuteronomy 2:8

So we passed by our kin, the descendants of Esau who live in Seir, leaving behind the route of the Arabah and leaving behind Elath and Ezion-geber. “When we had headed out along the route of the wilderness of Moab,

1 Samuel 17:14

David was the youngest; the three eldest followed Saul,