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Genesis 25:22

struggled together LXX ἐσκίρτων. Cf. Luke 1:41. The future hostility between Israel and Edom was thus prefigured before their birth. Rebekah, afraid of some betokening of evil, becomes fearful and despondent.

Aquila συνεθλάσθησαν, Symmachus διεπάλαιον.

wherefore do I live R.V. marg. wherefore am I thus? So LXX ἵνα τί μοι τοῦτο, Lat. quid necesse fuit concipere?

to inquire of the Lord A technical phrase for seeking an answer from a Divine source. Cf. 1 Samuel 9:9; Amos 5:4-6. We may suppose that Rebekah sought an oracle from Jehovah at some sacred place at which a Divine revelation was granted, e.g. at Beer-sheba, Genesis 21:33; Genesis 26:25.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Genesis 25:22. _THE CHILDREN STRUGGLED TOGETHER_] יתרצצו _yithrotsatsu,_ _they dashed against_ or _bruised each other_, there was a violent agitation, so that the mother was apprehensive both o...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    - LIII. Birth of Esau and Jacob 20. פדן _padān_, Paddan, “plowed field;” related: “cut, plow.” 25. עשׂי _‛__êśâv_, ‘Esaw, “hairy, or made.” 26. יעקב _ya‛ăqôb_, Ja’aqob, “he shall take the hee...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

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  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    PART THIRTY-SEVEN THE STORY OF ISAAC; THE TWINS AND THE BIRTHRIGHT (Genesis 25:19-34) _1. Introduction_ Having concluded the account of all that needed to be known about Ishmael and his progeny, th...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole 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 THE LORD._ The children struggled ... within her, х_ WAYITROTSªTSUW_ (H7533), Hit...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE CHILDREN STRUGGLED] significant of the contests to come, between the brothers, and the nations descended from them, Israel and Edom. IF _it be_ SO, WHY _am_ I THUS?] i.e. perhaps, If I have concei...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יִּתְרֹֽצֲצ֤וּ הַ בָּנִים֙ בְּ קִרְבָּ֔הּ...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

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  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    And the children struggled together within her; and she said, If [it be] so, why [am] I (h) thus? And she went (i) to enquire of the LORD. (h) That is, with child, seeing one shall destroy another....

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _To be so. That is, if I must die, and my children also. She feared the worst; and immediately had recourse to the Lord, either in her oratory, or at one of his altars erected by Abraham; and received...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

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  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

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  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

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  • John Darby's Synopsis

    We have next the election of God which now sets apart the earthly people, Jacob. It is remarkable how little we have of Isaac, nothing but his remaining in heavenly places, I mean of course in the fig...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND THE CHILDREN STRUGGLED TOGETHER WITHIN HER,.... When she was quick with child: this was some time before her delivery, and was not a common and ordinary motion felt by women in such circumstances,...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

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  • Jonathan Edwards' Notes On The Scriptures

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  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _The children struggled within her_ In an unusual and painful manner; a presage of the enmity of these two sons and their posterities. _If it be so_, or since it is so, _why am I thus?_ That is, as so...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 The sonnes of Abraham by Keturah. 5 The diuision of his goods. 7 His age and death. 9 His buriall. 12 The generations of Ishmael. 17 His age, and death. 19 Isaac prayeth for Rebekah being barr...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Jacob at Edar and Hebron...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    ISAAC'S PRAYER FOR REBEKAH...

  • Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures

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  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

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  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

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  • Notes on the Pentateuch by Charles Henry Mackintosh

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  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Genesis 25:22 children H1121 struggled H7533 (H8704) her H7130 said H559 (H8799) this H2088 went H3212 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Sermon Bible Commentary

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  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Abraham weds Keturah. Isaac becomes Abraham's heir. Death of Abraham. Generations of Ishmael and Isaac. Birth of Esau and Jacob and the sale of the birthright. CHARACTERS: Abraham, Keturah,...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

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  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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  • The Pulpit Commentaries

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  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

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  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    A.M. 2168. B.C. 1836. enquire. 1 Samuel 9:9 1 Samuel 10:22 1 Samuel 22:15 1 Samuel 28:6...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    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 troub...

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