Genesis 25:22
“And the children struggled together within her; and she said, If it be so, why am I thus? and shee went to enquire of the LORD.”
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Genesis 25:22 Context
20And Isaac was fortie yeeres old when hee tooke Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padan Aram, the sister to Laban the Syrian. 21And Isaac intreated the LORD for his wife, because she was barren: and the LORD was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceiued. 22And the children struggled together within her; and she said, If it be so, why am I thus? and shee went to enquire of the LORD. 23And the LORD said vnto her, Two nations are in thy wombe, and two maner of people shall be separated from thy bowels: and the one people shalbe stronger then the other people: and the elder shall serue the yonger. 24¶ And when her dayes to be deliuered were fulfilled, behold, there were twinnes in her wombe.
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Other Translations for Genesis 25:22
And the children struggled together within her; and she said, If [it be] so, why [am] I thus? And she went to enquire of the LORD.
- King James Version
But the children struggled together within her; and she said, "If it is so, why then am I {this way?} So she went to inquire of the LORD."
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And the children struggled together within her. And she said, If it be so, wherefore do I live? And she went to inquire of Jehovah.
- American Standard Version (1901)
And the children were fighting together inside her, and she said, If it is to be so, why am I like this? So she went to put her question to the Lord.
- Basic English Bible
And the children struggled together within her; and she said, If [it be] so, why am I thus? And she went to inquire of Jehovah.
- Darby Bible
And the children struggled together within her: and she said, If it is so, why am I thus? And she went to inquire of the LORD.
- Webster's Bible
The children struggled together within her. She said, "If it be so, why do I live?" She went to inquire of Yahweh.
- World English Bible
and the children struggle together within her, and she saith, `If [it is] right -- why [am] I thus?' and she goeth to seek Jehovah.
- Youngs Literal Bible
And the children struggled together within her; and she said: 'If it be so, wherefore do I live?' And she went to inquire of the LORD.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Genesis 25:22
25:22 The children struggled within her - The commotion was altogether extra - ordinary, and made her very uneasy: If it be so, or, since it is so, why am I thus? - Before the want of children was her trouble, now the struggle of the children is no less so. And she went to enquire of the Lord - Some think Melchizedek was now consulted as an oracle, or perhaps some Urim or Teraphim were now used to enquire of God by, as afterwards in the breast - plate of judgment. The word and prayer, by which we now enquire of the Lord, give great relief to those that are upon any account perplexed: it is a mighty ease to spread our case before the Lord, and ask council at his mouth.