Genesis 25
23
And HaShem said unto her: Two *nations* are in thy womb, and two peoples shall be separated from thy bowels; and the one people shall be stronger than the other people; *and the elder shall serve the younger.*
That would be Rebekah, Isaac’s wife. Because the Covenant was passed to Isaac.
The younger would be Jacob. A nation. Esau and Jacob were brothers, but the Covenant passed to Jacob, and Esau begat a nation of his own. TWO nations, but only ONE under the Covenant. Yes, Esau was Hebrew, but to spite his parents, he wed a non-Hebrew woman, so his offspring were NOT Hebrew.
Keep it coming.
“Nope. Ishmael was born of an Egyptian mother. Don’t you know nothing?”
Let’s see. Now who said “The first order of business was the circumcision. The circumcision was to bind them as a people under HaShem, ONE NATION UNDER ONE GOD”? That would mean by whoever said that, that it was circumcision, not maternity that determined nationality.
“...but if mama is a Hebrew, you are Hebrew by birth...Such is the legacy of Sarah.”
I see so Jesus is either a Canaanite (Rahab) or a Moabite (Ruth).
“The younger would be Jacob. A nation.”
I see now, so a person is a nation of one. Everyone is a nation unto themself. I suppose based on your definition we could each apply for foreign aid. How is this, Gen. 25:23 was a prophecy that was fulfilled in Deut. 26:5.
Now that makes sense like the prophecy in Gen. 3:15 “And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.”