Genesis 25:24

Therefore when her time of deliuerance was fulfilled, behold, twinnes were in her wombe.

Geneva Bible 1599

In The King James Version

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

In Context

23And the Lord sayd to her, Two nations are in thy wombe, and two maner of people shalbe diuided out of thy bowels, and the one people shall be mightier then the other, and the elder shall serue the yonger.

25So he that came out first was red, and he was all ouer as a rough garment, and they called his name Esau.

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Cross References

Genesis 38:27Now, when the time was come that she should be deliuered, beholde, there were twinnes in her wombe.

Joshua 24:4And I gaue vnto Izhak, Iaakob and Esau: and I gaue vnto Esau mount Seir, to possesse it: but Iaakob and his children went downe into 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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