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Genesis 25:24

When it was time for her to give birth, behold, there were twins in her womb.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

23Yahweh said to her, 1 “Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples will be separated from within you. 1 One people will be stronger than the other, and the older will serve the younger.”

25The first child came out red all over like a hairy garment. They called his name Esau.

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Cross References

Genesis 38:27It came about at the time for her to give birth that, behold, twins were in her womb.

Joshua 24:4Then to Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau. I gave Esau the hill country of Seir to possess, but Jacob and his children 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 →

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