'The elder shall serve the younger' flips normal birth order right at the prophecy stage. This book has a real pattern of favoring younger sons - Isaac, Jacob, later Joseph and Judah.
Literaryויאמר ה' לה AND THE ETERNAL SAID UNTO HER through a messenger: it was told to Shem by holy inspiration and he told it to her (Genesis Rabbah 63:7).<br><br>שני גויים בבטנך TWO NATIONS ARE IN THY WOMB —The word is written גיים (exalted, noble persons),...
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