Genesis 25:24
When the time came for her to give birth, she became the mother of twin boys.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb.
In Context
25The first was born red, his whole body covered with hair like a fur coat, so they named him Esau.
Cross References
Genesis 38:27When her time came to give birth, it was found that twins were in her womb.
Joshua 24:4To Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau. To Esau I gave Mount Seir as his holding, while Jacob and his sons went down to Egypt.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 25:20-29
Birth of Esau and Jacob. ( b. c. 1837.) 19 And these are the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son: Abraham begat Isaac: 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. 22 And the children struggled together within her; and she said, If it be so, why am I thus? And she went to enquire… Read the whole commentary →