Genesis 25:22
Genesis chapter 25 · verse 22 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And the children struggled together within her; and she said, If it be so, wherefore do I live? And she went to inquire of Jehovah.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And 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.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And the children struggled together within her; and she said, If it be so, wherefore do I live? And she went to inquire of Jehovah.
Context
v.21And Isaac entreated Jehovah for his wife, because she was barren: and Jehovah was entreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
v.22This passage
v.23And Jehovah said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, And two peoples shall be separated from thy bowels: And the one people shall be stronger than the other people; And the elder shall serve the younger.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Samuel 9:9
(Beforetime in Israel, when a man went to inquire of God, thus he said, Come, and let us go to the seer; for he that is now called a Prophet was beforetime called a Seer.)
- Ezekiel 36:37
Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: For this, moreover, will I be inquired of by the house of Israel, to do it for them: I will increase them with men like a flock.
- 1 Samuel 10:22
Therefore they asked of Jehovah further, Is there yet a man to come hither? And Jehovah answered, Behold, he hath hid himself among the baggage.
- 1 Samuel 28:6
And when Saul inquired of Jehovah, Jehovah answered him not, neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets.
- 1 Samuel 22:15
Have I to-day begun to inquire of God for him? be it far from me: let not the king impute anything unto his servant, nor to all the house of my father; for thy servant knoweth nothing of all this, less or more.
- Ezekiel 20:31
and when ye offer your gifts, when ye make your sons to pass through the fire, do ye pollute yourselves with all your idols unto this day? and shall I be inquired of by you, O house of Israel? As I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, I will not be inquired of by you;