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18 The descendants of Jacob will be like a fire.
    The descendants of Joseph will be like a flame.
    But the descendants of Esau will be like straw.
        They will be burned and destroyed.
            There will be no one left among the descendants of Esau.”
                Yahweh has spoken.

19 “People from the Negev will take possession of Esau’s mountain.
    People from the foothills will take possession of Philistia.
    They will take possession of the lands of Ephraim and Samaria,
        and the descendants of Benjamin will take possession of Gilead.
20 Exiles from Israel will take possession of Canaan.
    They will possess land as far as Zarephath.
    Exiles from Jerusalem who are in Sepharad
    will take possession of the cities in the Negev.

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18 Jacob will be a fire
    and Joseph a flame;
Esau will be stubble,
    and they will set him on fire(A) and destroy(B) him.
There will be no survivors(C)
    from Esau.”
The Lord has spoken.

19 People from the Negev will occupy
    the mountains of Esau,
and people from the foothills will possess
    the land of the Philistines.(D)
They will occupy the fields of Ephraim and Samaria,(E)
    and Benjamin(F) will possess Gilead.
20 This company of Israelite exiles who are in Canaan
    will possess the land as far as Zarephath;(G)
the exiles from Jerusalem who are in Sepharad
    will possess the towns of the Negev.(H)

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