Verse 12

not by works but by him who calls—she was told, 'The older will serve the younger.'

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  • Gen 25:22-23 : 22 The children inside her struggled with each other, and she said, 'If it is like this, why is this happening to me?' So she went to inquire of the LORD. 23 The LORD said to her, 'Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples from within you will be separated. One people will be stronger than the other, and the older will serve the younger.'
  • 2 Sam 8:14 : 14 He stationed garrisons throughout Edom, and all the Edomites became David's subjects. The LORD gave David victory wherever he went.
  • 1 Kgs 22:47 : 47 He also removed from the land the remaining cult prostitutes who had survived from the days of his father Asa.