Genesis 25:24 BSB — MannaFest

Genesis 25:24

When her time came to give birth, there were indeed twins in her womb.

BSB

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ASV

And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb.

KJV

And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb.

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Commentary

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Origen of Alexandria

HOMILIES ON GENESIS 12.3 (253)

"And her days were fulfilled," the text says, "that she should give birth, and there were twins in her womb." This statement, that is, "her days were fulfilled that she should give birth," is almost never written except of holy women. For this is said of this Rebekah and of Elizabeth the mother of John and of Mary the mother of our Lord Jesus Christ. Whence a birth of this kind seems to me to show something extraordinary and beyond other human beings. The fulfillment of the days seems to indicate the birth of perfect offspring.

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled,.... The nine months were up from the time of her conception; or, as the Targum of Jonathan, when the two hundred and seventy days she went with child were completed: behold, there were twins in her womb; as was perceived by the midwife; a double mercy was granted, more given than asked for; probably only one child was asked for, but two given.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

There were twins - תומם thomim, from which comes Thomas, properly interpreted by the word Διδυμος, Didymus, which signifies a twin; so the first person who was called Thomas or Didymus, we may take for granted, had this name from the circumstance of his being a twin.

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Original language & word study

6 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיִּמְלְא֥וּ	vai.yim.le.'U	and they were completed	H4390 →
יָמֶ֖יהָ	ya.Mei.ha	days her	H3117 →
לָלֶ֑דֶת	la.Le.det	to give birth	H3205 →
וְהִנֵּ֥ה	ve.hi.Neh	and there!	H2009 →
תוֹמִ֖ם	to.Mim	twins	H8380 →
בְּבִטְנָֽהּ׃	be.vit.Nah	[were] in womb her	H990 →

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