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Genesis 25:23

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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.	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.	And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, [there were] twins in her womb.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And the LORD^{Template:StrongsLink} said^{Template:StrongsLink} unto her, Two^{Template:StrongsLink} nations^{Template:StrongsLink} are in thy womb^{Template:StrongsLink}, and two manner^{Template:StrongsLink} of people^{Template:StrongsLink} shall be separated^{Template:StrongsLink} from thy bowels^{Template:StrongsLink}; and the one people^{Template:StrongsLink} shall be stronger^{Template:StrongsLink} than the other people^{Template:StrongsLink}; and the elder^{Template:StrongsLink} shall serve^{Template:StrongsLink} the younger^{Template:StrongsLink}.

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Original Hebrew

וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה לָהּ שְׁנֵי [גֹיִים כ] (גֹויִם ק) בְּבִטְנֵךְ וּשְׁנֵי לְאֻמִּים מִמֵּעַיִךְ יִפָּרֵדוּ וּלְאֹם מִלְאֹם יֶאֱמָץ וְרַב יַעֲבֹד צָעִיר׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר	va/i.Yo.mer	H559	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he said
יְהוָ֜ה	Yah.weh	H3068	HNp	Yahweh
לָ֗/הּ	La/h		HR/Sp3fs	to (the)/ her
שְׁנֵ֤י	she.Nei	H8147	HAcmdc	two
גיים	gôwy	H1471	HNcmpa
בְּ/בִטְנֵ֔/ךְ	be./vit.Ne/kh	H990	HR/Ncfsc/Sp2fs	(are) in/ womb/ your
וּ/שְׁנֵ֣י	u./she.Nei	H8147	HC/Acmdc	and/ two
לְאֻמִּ֔ים	le.'u.Mim	H3816	HNcmpa	peoples
מִ/מֵּעַ֖יִ/ךְ	mi./me.'A.yi/kh	H4578	HR/Ncmpc/Sp2fs	from/ inward parts/ your
יִפָּרֵ֑דוּ	yi.pa.Re.du	H6504	HVNi3mp	they will separate
וּ/לְאֹם֙	u./le.'Om	H3816	HC/Ncmsa	and/ a people
מִ/לְאֹ֣ם	mi/l.'Om	H3816	HR/Ncmsa	more than/ a people
יֶֽאֱמָ֔ץ	ye.'e.Matz	H553	HVqi3ms	it will be strong
וְ/רַ֖ב	ve./Rav	H7227	HC/Aamsa	and/ (the) great (one)
יַעֲבֹ֥ד	ya.'a.Vod	H5647	HVqi3ms	it will serve
צָעִֽיר	tza.'Ir	H6810	HAamsa	(the) young (one)

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• Template:StrongsLink — אָמַץ (ʼâmats, aw-mats'): a primitive root; to be alert, physically (on foot) or mentally (in courage); confirm, be courageous (of good courage, stedfastly minded, strong, stronger), establish, fortify, harden, increase, prevail, strengthen (self), make strong (obstinate, speed).
• Template:StrongsLink — אָמַר (ʼâmar, aw-mar'): a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude); answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [idiom] plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), [idiom] still, [idiom] suppose, talk, tell, term, [idiom] that is, [idiom] think, use (speech), utter, [idiom] verily, [idiom] yet.
• Template:StrongsLink — בֶּטֶן (beṭen, beh'-ten): from an unused root probably meaning to be hollow; the belly, especially the womb; also the bosom or body of anything; belly, body, [phrase] as they be born, [phrase] within, womb.
• Template:StrongsLink — גּוֹי (gôwy, go'-ee): rarely (shortened) גֹּי; apparently from the same root as גֵּוָה (in the sense of massing); a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts; Gentile, heathen, nation, people.
• Template:StrongsLink — יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh, yeh-ho-vaw'): from הָיָה; (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God; Jehovah, the Lord. Compare יָהּ, יְהֹוִה.
• Template:StrongsLink — לְאֹם (lᵉʼôm, leh-ome'): xlit lᵉôm corrected to lᵉʼôm; or לְאוֹם; from an unused root meaning to gather; a community; nation, people.
• Template:StrongsLink — מֵעֶה (mêʻeh, may-aw'): xlit mêʻâh corrected to mêʻeh; from an unused root probably meaning to be soft; used only in plural the intestines, or (collectively) the abdomen, figuratively, sympathy; by implication, a vest; by extension the stomach, the uterus (or of men, the seat of generation), the heart (figuratively); belly, bowels, [idiom] heart, womb.
• Template:StrongsLink — עָבַד (ʻâbad, aw-bad'): a primitive root; to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.; [idiom] be, keep in bondage, be bondmen, bond-service, compel, do, dress, ear, execute, [phrase] husbandman, keep, labour(-ing man, bring to pass, (cause to, make to) serve(-ing, self), (be, become) servant(-s), do (use) service, till(-er), transgress (from margin), (set a) work, be wrought, worshipper,
• Template:StrongsLink — פָּרַד (pârad, paw-rad'): a primitive root; to break through, i.e. spread or separate (oneself); disperse, divide, be out of joint, part, scatter (abroad), separate (self), sever self, stretch, sunder.
• Template:StrongsLink — צָעִיר (tsâʻîyr, tsaw-eer'): or צָעוֹר; from צָעַר; little; (in number) few; (in age) young, (in value) ignoble; least, little (one), small (one), [phrase] young(-er, -est).
• Template:StrongsLink — רַב (rab, rab): by contracted from רָבַב; abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality); (in) abound(-undance, -ant, -antly), captain, elder, enough, exceedingly, full, great(-ly, man, one), increase, long (enough, (time)), (do, have) many(-ifold, things, a time), (ship-)master, mighty, more, (too, very) much, multiply(-tude), officer, often(-times), plenteous, populous, prince, process (of time), suffice(-lent).
• Template:StrongsLink — שְׁנַיִם (shᵉnayim, shen-ah'-yim): dual of שֵׁנִי; feminine שְׁתַּיִם; two; also (as ordinal) twofold; both, couple, double, second, twain, [phrase] twelfth, [phrase] twelve, [phrase] twenty (sixscore) thousand, twice, two.

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