and Hashem answered her, “Two nations are in your womb, two separate peoples shall issue from your body; one people shall be mightier than the other, and the elder shall serve the younger.”
English: If a person tells you that both Caesarea and Jerusalem are destroyed, or that both are settled, do not believe him… as it is said “one people shall be mightier than the other.”
On the daf / in context: The rivalry of the two nations is perpetual: when one rises the other falls.
Type of Learning
Custom (Bavli — perpetual rivalry of the two nations)
What Is Learned
The two nations cannot both flourish or both decline at the same time; the verse “one people shall be mightier than the other” is the source.