7 Then I answered, “What will be the dividing of the times? Or when will be the end of the first and the beginning of the age that follows?” (WEB) 8 He said to me, “From Abraham to Isaac, because Jacob and Esau were born to him, for Jacob’s hand held Esau’s heel from the beginning. (WEB) 9 For Esau is the end of this age, and Jacob is the beginning of the one that follows. (WEB)
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