Thematic Bible: The First-born


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that 'the elder would be a servant to the younger.' The words of Scripture are-'I loved Jacob, but I hated Esau.'











































When the period of purification of mother and child, enjoined by the Law of Moses, came to an end, his parents took the child up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord, In compliance with the Law of the Lord that 'every first-born male shall be dedicated to the Lord,'