Genesis 25:22 BSB — MannaFest

Genesis 25:22

But the children inside her struggled with each other, and she said, “Why is this happening to me?” So Rebekah went to inquire of the LORD,

BSB

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ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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On this verse

Origen of Alexandria

HOMILIES ON GENESIS 12.2 (253)

So therefore also now it is related of Rebekah: "She departed to inquire of the Lord." As we have said, she should be considered to have departed not by the steps of her feet but by the advances of her mind.You also therefore will be said to have de-parted "to inquire of the Lord" if you have begun to contemplate not those things "which are seen but those which are not seen," that is, not carnal but spiritual things, not present but future things.

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

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.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

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 of her own and her children’s safety; and, supposing this was an uncommon case, she went to inquire of the Lord, as the good women in the present day would go to consult a surgeon or physician; for intercourse with God is not so common now, as it was in those times of great primitive simplicity. There are different opinions concerning the manner in which Rebekah inquired of the Lord.

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיִּתְרֹֽצֲצ֤וּ	vai.yit.ro.tza.Tzu	and they struggled together	H7533 →
הַבָּנִים֙	ha.ba.Nim	the children	H1121 →
בְּקִרְבָּ֔הּ	be.kir.Bah	in inward part[s] her	H7130 →
וַתֹּ֣אמֶר	va.To.mer	and she said	H559 →
אִם־	'im-	if	H518 →
כֵּ֔ן	Ken	thus	H3651 →
לָ֥מָּה	La.mah	<to> why?	H4100 →
זֶּ֖ה	zeh	this	H2088 →
אָנֹ֑כִי	'a.No.khi	[am] I	H595 →
וַתֵּ֖לֶךְ	va.Te.lekh	and she went	H1980 →
לִדְרֹ֥שׁ	lid.Rosh	to consult	H1875 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
יְהוָֽה׃	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
1 Samuel 30:8
and David inquired of the LORD: “Should I pursue these raiders? Will I overtake them?” “Pursue them,” the LORD replied, “for you will surely overtake them and rescue the captives.”
leads to
- 1 Samuel 30:18
  So David recovered everything the Amalekites had taken, including his two wives.
- 1 Samuel 23:2
  So David inquired of the LORD, “Should I go and attack these Philistines?” And the LORD said to David, “Go and attack the Philistines and save Keilah.”
- Proverbs 3:5–6
  Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding;
- 2 Samuel 5:19
  So David inquired of the LORD, “Should I go up against the Philistines? Will You deliver them into my hand?” “Go,” replied the LORD, “for I will surely deliver the Philistines into your hand.”
- 2 Samuel 5:23
  So David inquired of the LORD, who answered, “Do not march straight up, but circle around behind them and attack them in front of the balsam trees.
Through
1 Samuel 28:6
He inquired of the LORD, but the LORD did not answer him by dreams or Urim or prophets.
leads to
- Numbers 27:21
  He shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who will seek counsel for him before the LORD by the judgment of the Urim. At his command, he and all the Israelites with him—the entire congregation—will…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Numbers 12:6
  He said, “Hear now My words: If there is a prophet among you, I, the LORD, will reveal Myself to him in a vision; I will speak to him in a dream.
- 1 Samuel 14:37
  So Saul inquired of God, “Shall I go down after the Philistines? Will You give them into the hand of Israel?” But God did not answer him that day.

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