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Genesis 25:22

PrayerGod's will and calling

20 And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padan-aram, the sister to Laban the Syrian.

21 And Isaac intreated the LORD for his wife, because she was barren: and the LORD was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.

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.

23 And the LORD said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels; and the one people shall be stronger than the other people; and the elder shall serve the younger.

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

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BSB
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,
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.
WEB
The children struggled together within her. She said, “If it is like this, why do I live?” She went to inquire of the LORD.
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.
DARBY
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.
BLB
And the children struggled together within her, and she said, “If so, why this I?” And she went to inquire of YHWH.
ÅB
Men fosterne støtte til hverandre i hennes liv; da sa hun: Er det slik, hvorfor skal jeg da være til? Og hun gikk for å spørre Herren.
OTB
Barna kjempet sammen i henne, og hun sa: "Hvis det er slik, hvorfor er jeg i denne tilstanden?" Så hun gikk for å spørre Herren.
B1930
Men fosterne støtte til hverandre i hennes liv; da sa hun: Er det således, hvorfor skal jeg da være til? Og hun gikk for å spørre Herren.

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Cross references

  • 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.)

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  • 1 Samuel 28:6

    And when Saul enquired of the LORD, the LORD answered him not, neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets.

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  • 1 Samuel 30:8

    And David enquired at the LORD, saying, Shall I pursue after this troop? shall I overtake them? And he answered him, Pursue: for thou shalt surely overtake them, and without fail recover all.

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  • 1 Samuel 10:22

    Therefore they enquired of the LORD further, if the man should yet come thither. And the LORD answered, Behold, he hath hid himself among the stuff.

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  • Ezekiel 20:31

    For when ye offer your gifts, when ye make your sons to pass through the fire, ye pollute yourselves with all your idols, even unto this day: and shall I be enquired of by you, O house of Israel? As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will not be enquired of by you.

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  • Ezekiel 36:37

    Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will yet for this be enquired of by the house of Israel, to do it for them; I will increase them with men like a flock.

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  • 1 Samuel 22:15

    Did I then begin to enquire of God for him? be it far from me: let not the king impute any thing unto his servant, nor to all the house of my father: for thy servant knew nothing of all this, less or more.

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