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Genesis 25:24

Michelangelo, The Creation of Adam, c. 1512 · Sistine Chapel · Public domainMichelangelo, The Creation of Adam, c. 1512, Sistine Chapel

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Genesis 25:24 (WEB)

When her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb.

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  • “…Christian with the elder, and the Jew with the younger son, “according to the analogy of faith,” if the order of each people as intimated from Rebecca’s womb permitted the inversion: only that (in that case) the concluding paragraph would oppose them; for it will be fitting for the Christian to rejoice, and not to…” — editor's note: Comp. Rom. ix. 10–13; Gen. xxv. 21–24.

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