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.
KJV
Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
Et l'Eternel lui dit: Deux nations sont dans ton ventre, et deux peuples se sépareront au sortir de tes entrailles; un de ces peuples sera plus fort que l'autre, et le plus grand sera assujetti au plus petit.
KJV
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.
Philo Judaeus
Legum Allegoriarum Libri I-III
M fol. 276v D R fol. 276v Φίλωνος ἐκ τοῦ περὶ τῶν (sic): ἡ χαρά—χαρά. μείζων δουλεύσει τῷ ἐλάσσονι“ (Gen. 25, 23). φύσει γὰρ δοῦλον παρὰ θεῷ τὸ φαῦλον καὶ ἄλογον, ἡγεμονικὸν δὲ καὶ ἐλεύθερον τὸ ἀστεῖον καὶ λογικὸν καὶ ἄμεινον, καὶ οὐχ ὅταν ἤδη γένηται ἐν τῇ ψυχῇ τέλειον ἑκάτερον,…
Philo Judaeus
De Congressu Eruditionis Gratia
νῶν ἐπιστήμην, ἀρετῆς τε καὶ κακίας, εὐτοκίᾳ χρωμένη τὴν ἑκατέρου φύσιν διαστέλλει τε καὶ διακρίνει (Gen. 25,23) —· ὅσαι δὲ ἄνευ φρονήσεως, ἢ ἀμβλίσκουσιν ἢ δύσεριν καὶ σοφιστὴν βάλλοντα καὶ τοξεύοντα (Gen. 21,20) ἢ βαλλόμενον καὶ τοξευόμενον ἀποκύουσι. καὶ μήποτε εἰκότως· αἱ μὲν…
Barnabae epistula
Barnabae epistula
. 2(??), 21 ἡ γραφή: Ἐδεῖτο δὲ Ἰσαὰκ περὶ Ῥεβέκκας τῆς γυναικὸς αὐτοῦ, ὅτι στεῖρα ἦν: καὶ συνέλαβεν. Gen. 25, 22-23 cf. Rom. 9, 10-12 εἶτα ἐξῆλθεν Ῥεβέκκα πυθέσθαι παρὰ κυρίου, καὶ εἶπεν κύριος πρὸς αὐτήν: Δύο ἔθνη ἐν τῇ γαστρί σου καὶ δύο λαοὶ ἐν τῇ κοιλίᾳ σου, καὶ ὑπερέξει λαὸς…
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