Genesis 25:22 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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. ”

Genesis 25:22 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

- LIII. Birth of Esau and Jacob 20. פדן padān , Paddan, “plowed field;” related: “cut, plow.” 25. עשׂי ‛ êśâv , ‘Esaw, “hairy, or made.” 26. יעקב ya‛ăqôb , Ja’aqob, “he shall...
Genesis 25:22 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And the children struggled together within her; and she said, If [it be] so, why [am] I (h) thus? And she went (i) to enquire of the LORD. (h) That is, with child, seeing one shall destroy another....
Genesis 25:22 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Birth of Jacob and Esau. Jacob Takes Advantage of Esau to Secure his Birthright. At this point we pass to the story of Jacob. In the present section Genesis 25:19 f., Genesis 25:26 b belo...
Genesis 25:22 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

22. And the children struggled together. Here a new temptation suddenly arises, namely, that the infants struggle together in their mother’s womb. This conflict occasions the mother such grie...
Genesis 25:22 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And the children struggled together within her; and she said, If it be so, why am I thus? And she went to inquire of the LORD. The children struggled together - יתרצצו yithrotsatsu, they dashed a...
Genesis 25:22 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

The children struggled, &c.— Instances of this kind have been recorded in prophane history. The exact mode or time of this struggling cannot be ascertained. Rebekah was alarmed at it, and s...
Genesis 25:22 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And the children struggled together within her; and she said, If it be so, why am I thus? And she went to inquire of the LORD. The children struggled ... within her, х wayitrotsªtsuw ( H7...
Genesis 25:22 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Sons of Abraham by Keturah. Death and Burial of Abraham. Descendants of Ishmael. Birth and Youth of Esau and Jacob 1. It is not known at what period of his life Abraham took Keturah as his sec...
Genesis 25:22 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

THE TÔLDÔTH ISAAC ( Genesis 25:19 to Genesis 35:29 ). THE BIRTH OF ISAAC’S SONS. Abraham begat Isaac — The Tôldôth in its original form gave probably a complete genealogy of Isaac, tracing...
Genesis 25:22 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

ESAU AND JACOB Genesis 25:1-34 "He goeth as an ox goeth to the slaughter, till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life."- Prove...
Genesis 25:22 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Jacob and Esau, Twin Brothers Genesis 25:19-34 In the thought of that age, the birthright carried with it the spiritual leadership of the tribe. To be the priest of the family, to stand between...
Genesis 25:22 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The record of the death of Abraham is full of beauty. His life had been spent in the realm of the supernatural, the region of vision, the power of the spiritual. The whole of it is summed up in the w...
Genesis 25:22 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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...
Genesis 25:22 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the children struggled together within her ,.... When she was quick with child: this was some time before her delivery, and was not a common and ordinary motion felt by women in such circumstanc...
Genesis 25:22 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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. Ver. 22. And the children struggled together. ] Heb., Jithrotsat...
Genesis 25:22 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The children struggled within her In an unusual and painful manner; a presage of the enmity of these two sons and their posterities. If it be so , or since it is so, why am I thus? That is, as s...
Genesis 25:22 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

OTHER GENERATIONS OF ABRAHAM We are not told what time Abraham took Keturah as a wife. Of course, God could enable him to be a father of children even after Sarah had died, but in this case he wou...
Genesis 25:22 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Birth of Esau and Jacob. B. C. 1837. 19 And these are the generations of Isaac, Abra...
Genesis 25:22 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The children struggled, in a violent and extraordinary manner, which was likely to cause both pain and fear in her. The sense may be either, 1. If it be thus with me, that there be two children...
Genesis 25:22 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 25:19 a “This is the family history of Isaac, Abraham” s son.' On the death of Ishmael Isaac becomes the eldest son of Abraham and accordingly takes responsibility for the family record...
Genesis 25:22 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 25:19 . These are the generations.] The ninth document here begins with the usual phrase, and continues to the end of the thirty-fifth chapter. It contains the history of...
Genesis 25:22 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Genesis 25 (with Hebrews 12:16-17 ) The chief use, apparently, of some men's lives is that they may serve as beacons, warning off those who come after them from quicksand or whirlpool. They fl...
Genesis 25:22 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 25:1 . Keturah is here called a wife; but a learned writer in his Bibliotheca Biblia, printed at Oxford 1720, brings forward a supposition of the Jews, that Hagar returned to Abraham aft...
Genesis 25:22 - The Biblical Illustrator

The generations of Isaac. The holy seed 1. God hath a special care to commend unto posterity the line of His Church, and His providences towards it. 2. The eminent line of the Church visible...
Genesis 25:22 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

§ 9. THE GENERATIONS OF ISAAC ( Genesis 25:19-1 ). EXPOSITION Genesis 25:19 And these are the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son . The usual formula for the opening of a new sectio...
Genesis 25:22 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Isaac's Prayer for Rebekah
Genesis 25:22 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

A.M. 2168. B.C. 1836. enquire. 1 Samuel 9:9 1 Samuel 10:22 1 Samuel 22:15 1 Samuel 28:6 1 Samuel 30:8 Ezekiel 20:31 Ezekiel 36:37
Genesis 25:22 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The children struggled within her — The commotion was altogether extra — ordinary, and made her very uneasy: If it be so, or, since it is so, why am I thus? — Before the want of children was her tr...

Genesis 25:22 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Genesis 25:22 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Genesis 25:22 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 25:22 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 25:22 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Genesis 25:22 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Genesis 25:22 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Genesis 25:22 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 25:22 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Genesis 25:22 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Genesis 25:22 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Genesis 25:22 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Genesis 25:22 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Genesis 25:22 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Genesis 25:22 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Genesis 25:22 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 25:22 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 25:22 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Genesis 25:22 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Genesis 25:22 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 25:22 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Genesis 25:22 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Genesis 25:22 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 25:22 - The Biblical Illustrator

Genesis 25:22 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Genesis 25:22 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Genesis 25:22 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 25:22 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes