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Genesis 25:23

וַ יֹּאמֶר יְהוָה לָהּ שְׁנֵי גיים בְּ בִטְנֵךְ וּ שְׁנֵי לְאֻמִּים מִ מֵּעַיִךְ יִפָּרֵדוּ וּ לְאֹם מִ לְאֹם יֶאֶמָץ וְ רַב יַעֲבֹד צָעִיר
And Yahweh is saying to-herself, `Double nations are in your belly, and double united-ones from your bowels are being divided; and a united-one from a united-one is being bold;863 and the abundant one is serving the little one.`
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From Strong’s #553, amets. To be stout, alert, bold, courageous. This statement is interpreted to be a comparison, i.e. one is bolder than the other. This however, as in many other cases, is conjecture based on the preposition from.