Genesis 25:23
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
and He declared to her: “Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples from within you will be separated; one people will be stronger than the other, and the older will serve the younger.”

Young's Literal Translation
And Jehovah saith to her, ‘Two nations [are] in thy womb, and two peoples from thy bowels are parted; and the [one] people than the [other] people is stronger; and the elder doth serve the younger.’

King James Bible
And the LORD said unto her, Two nations [are] in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels; and [the one] people shall be stronger than [the other] people; and the elder shall serve the younger.

Hebrew
and [He]
יְהוָ֜ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

declared
לָ֗הּ (lāh)
Preposition | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew

to her:
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

“Two
שְׁנֵ֤י (šə·nê)
Number - mdc
Strong's 8147: Two (a cardinal number)

nations
גוֹיִם֙ (ḡō·w·yim)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 1471: A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts

are in your womb,
בְּבִטְנֵ֔ךְ (bə·ḇiṭ·nêḵ)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's 990: The belly, the womb, the bosom, body of anything

and two
וּשְׁנֵ֣י (ū·šə·nê)
Conjunctive waw | Number - mdc
Strong's 8147: Two (a cardinal number)

peoples
לְאֻמִּ֔ים (lə·’um·mîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 3816: A community

from within you
מִמֵּעַ֖יִךְ (mim·mê·‘a·yiḵ)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's 4578: The intestines, the abdomen, sympathy, a vest, the stomach, the uterus, the heart

will be separated;
יִפָּרֵ֑דוּ (yip·pā·rê·ḏū)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 6504: To break through, spread, separate

one people
וּלְאֹם֙ (ū·lə·’ōm)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3816: A community

will be stronger
יֶֽאֱמָ֔ץ (ye·’ĕ·māṣ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 553: To be stout, strong, bold, alert

than the other,
מִלְאֹ֣ם (mil·’ōm)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3816: A community

and the older
וְרַ֖ב (wə·raḇ)
Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 7227: Much, many, great

will serve
יַעֲבֹ֥ד (ya·‘ă·ḇōḏ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5647: To work, to serve, till, enslave

the younger.”
צָעִֽיר׃ (ṣā·‘îr)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 6810: Little, insignificant, young

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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