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judaea_n as_o possess_v by_o the_o idumean_n after_o they_o be_v proselyte_n to_o the_o jewish_a religion_n a_o hebraeorum_n a_o steph._n morin_n dissert_n de_fw-fr cognatione_fw-la lace_v &_o hebraeorum_n learned_a man_n have_v late_o attempt_v to_o prove_v the_o phaenician_o and_o idumean_n to_o be_v all_o one_o phaenice_fw-la dicti_fw-la quasi_fw-la idumaei_n &_o rubri_fw-la a_o mari_fw-fr edom._n edom._n 3._o concern_v the_o edomite_n or_o idumean_n who_o border_v on_o indaea_n as_o do_v the_o moabite_n ammonite_n &_o ishmaelite_n three_o thing_n be_v observable_a 1._o that_o notwithstanding_o their_o agreement_n in_o circumcision_n yet_o the_o jealousy_n and_o contention_n between_o they_o and_o the_o jow_n be_v irreconcilable_a they_o look_v upon_o their_o father_n esau_n as_o the_o first-born_a and_o that_o by_o the_o privilege_n of_o primogeniture_n the_o premise_a blessing_n of_o the_o messiah_n shall_v come_v in_o his_o line_n rival_v the_o israelite_n as_o have_v no_o 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