Epistle of Barnabas 13
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But let us see whether this people or the first people are heirs, and whether the covenant is for us or for them.
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Hear ye now what the scripture saith concerning the people. And Isaac prayed for Rebecca his wife, because she was barren. And she conceived.
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And then Rebecca went out to inquire of the Lord. And the Lord said unto her: Two nations are in thy womb, and two peoples in thy belly; and the one people shall surpass the other, and the elder shall serve the younger.
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Ye ought to understand who Isaac is, and who Rebecca is, and concerning whom He has made it plain that this people is greater than that.
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And in another prophecy Jacob speaketh more plainly to Joseph his son, saying: Behold, the Lord hath not deprived me of thy presence; bring me thy sons that I may bless them.
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And he brought Ephraim and Manasseh, desiring that Manasseh should be blessed, because he was the elder; for Joseph led him to the right hand of his father Jacob. But Jacob saw in the spirit a type of the people of the future.
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And what saith He? And Jacob crossed his hands and placed his right hand on the head of Ephraim, the second and younger, and blessed him. And Joseph said unto Jacob: Transfer thy right hand to the head of Manasseh, for he is my firstborn son.
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