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Audio Interchange File Format  |  1996-05-09  |  1.8 MB  |  1 channel  |  22,050 sample rate  |  43 seconds
Transcription: To rub salt in Judah's wounds, the Edomites were actually distant relatives. Their nation traced back to the feud between twin brothers Jacob and Esau. While Jacob fathered the Israelites, Esau, having traded away his birthright for a meal, moved to desolate mountain country and founded the nation of Edom. The twins' descendants continued the quarrel for hundreds of years, and now the Edomites were gloating over the Israelites' calamity. True children of Esau they thought primarily of the immediate gain available to them from plunder. The Edomite's attitude contrasts sharply with the sorrow ex ...