She was going to have twins, and before they were born, they struggled against each other in her womb. She said, "Why should something like this happen to me?" So she went to ask the LORD for an answer.

The LORD said to her, "Two nations are within you; You will give birth to two rival peoples. One will be stronger than the other; The older will serve the younger."

He set up military camps throughout Edom, and the people there became his subjects. The LORD made David victorious everywhere.

The land of Edom had no king; it was ruled by a deputy appointed by the king of Judah.