Genesi 25:23

23 E l’Eterno le disse: "Due nazioni sono nel tuo seno, e due popoli separati usciranno dalle tue viscere. Uno dei due popoli sarà più forte dell’altro, e il maggiore servirà il minore".

Genesi 25:23 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 25:23

And the Lord said unto her
Either by one or other of the above persons she acquainted with this affair, and entreated to seek the Lord for her; or by an impulse upon her own mind: two nations [are] in thy womb;
or two persons, from whom two nations will spring, the Edomites and Israelites, the one from Esau, the other from Jacob: and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels;
different in their bodies, complexions, manner of life, religion, as well as place of abode: and [the one] people shall be stronger than [the other] people:
the Edomites, the posterity of Esau, were a very potent people, and had a succession of dukes and kings, before the Israelites, the posterity of Jacob, made any figure in the world, and while they were slaves in Egypt, see ( Genesis 36:1-43 ) ; though in later times the Israelites became the stronger: and the elder,
or "greater", shall serve the younger,
or "lesser": the offspring of Esau, the eldest, should become tributary to the posterity of Jacob, the younger; which was verified in the times of David, when the Edomites were subdued by him, ( 2 Samuel 8:14 ) ; and still more in the times of Hyrcanus, when the Edomites or Idumeans became one people with the Jews, and embraced their religion ^F5, rather than to be dispossessed of their country; and will have a further accomplishment in the latter day, when the prophecies in ( Obadiah 1:18-21 ) shall be fulfilled. Of the use which the Apostle Paul makes of this passage, (See Gill on Romans 9:11), (See Gill on Romans 9:12).

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FOOTNOTES:

F5 Joseph. Antiqu. l. 13. c. 9. sect. 1.

Genesi 25:23 In-Context

21 Isacco pregò istantemente l’Eterno per sua moglie, perch’ella era sterile. L’Eterno l’esaudì, e Rebecca, sua moglie, concepì.

22 E i bambini si urtavano nel suo seno; ed ella disse: "Se così è, perché vivo?" E andò a consultare l’Eterno.

23 E l’Eterno le disse: "Due nazioni sono nel tuo seno, e due popoli separati usciranno dalle tue viscere. Uno dei due popoli sarà più forte dell’altro, e il maggiore servirà il minore".

24 E quando venne per lei il tempo di partorire, ecco ch’ella aveva due gemelli nel seno.

25 E il primo che uscì fuori era rosso, e tutto quanto come un mantello di pelo; e gli fu posto nome Esaù.