Genesis 25:22 KJV — MannaFest

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.

KJV

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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.

WEB

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,

YLT

and the children struggle together within her, and she saith, `If it is right--why am I thus?' and she goeth to seek Jehovah.

DBT

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.

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Genesis — The book of beginnings. Creation, fall, flood, covenant, election, providence — eleven generational seams stitch one unbroken story from heaven-and-earth to a coffin in Egypt.

Author: Moses — by traditional attribution; the book is the first of the Pentateuch
Date: Composed c. 15th–13th century BC; draws on older patriarchal sources (the toledoth framework is internal)

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12 verses on the floor

Romans 9:12
It was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger.
1 Samuel 9:9
(Beforetime in Israel, when a man went to enquire of God, thus he spake, Come, and let us go to the seer: for he that is now called a Prophet was beforetime called a Seer.)
Judges 6:13
And Gideon said unto him, Oh my Lord, if the Lord be with us, why then is all this befallen us? and where be all his miracles which our fathers told us of, saying, Did not the Lord bring us up from Egypt? but now the Lord hath forsaken us, and delivered us into the hands of the Midianites.
Genesis 27:29
Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee: be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother’s sons bow down to thee: cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee.
Luke 1:41
And it came to pass, that, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost:

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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.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

We know not when we are pleased; we know neither how to want nor how to abound. This struggle between Jacob and Esau in the womb represents the struggle that is maintained between the kingdom of God and the kingdom of Satan, [1.] In the world. The seed of the woman and the seed of the serpent have been contending ever since the enmity was put between them ( ch. iii.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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H1875164× in canon H7130227× in canon H595359× in canon

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Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

GEN 25:221SA 30:8 1SA 30:18
GEN 25:221SA 30:8 1SA 23:2
GEN 25:221SA 30:8 PRO 3:5-6
GEN 25:221SA 30:8 2SA 5:19
GEN 25:221SA 30:8 2SA 5:23
GEN 25:221SA 28:6 NUM 27:21
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
GEN 25:221SA 28:6 NUM 12:6
GEN 25:221SA 28:6 1SA 14:37

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