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) 10 The beginning of a man is his hand, and the end of a man is his heel. Seek nothing else between the heel and the hand, Esdras!” (WEB)
2 Esdras 6:8–10
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