Genesis 25:24
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,
23 and He declared to her: “Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples from within you will be separated; one people will be stronger than the other, and the older will serve the younger.”
When her time came to give birth, there were indeed twins in her womb.
25 The first one came out red, covered with hair like a fur coat; so they named him Esau.
26 After this, his brother came out grasping Esau’s heel; so he was named Jacob. And Isaac was sixty years old when the twins were born.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- When her time came to give birth, there were indeed twins in her womb.
- KJV
- And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb.
- WEB
- When her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb.
- ASV
- And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb.
- DARBY
- And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb.
- BLB
- And her days to give birth were fulfilled, and indeed [there were] twins in her womb.
- ÅB
- Da nå hennes tid var kommet at hun skulle føde, se, da var det tvillinger i hennes liv.
- OTB
- Da tiden kom for henne til å føde, fødte hun tvillinger.
- B1930
- Da nu hennes tid var kommet at hun skulde føde, se, da var det tvillinger i hennes liv.