22But the children struggled in her womb: and she said: If it were to be so with me, what need was there to conceive? And she went to consult the Lord.


In Context

19 These also are the generations of Isaac the son of Abraham: Abraham begot Isaac:

20 Who when he was forty years old, took to wife Rebecca the daughter of Bathuel the Syrian of Mesopotamia, sister to Laban.

21 And Isaac besought the Lord for his wife, because she was barren; and he heard him, and made Rebecca to conceive.

22 But the children struggled in her womb: and she said: If it were to be so with me, what need was there to conceive? And she went to consult the Lord.

23 And he answering said: Two nations are in thy womb, and two peoples shall be divided out of thy womb, and one people shall overcome the other, and the elder shall serve the younger.

24 And when her time was come to be delivered, behold twins were found in her womb.

Genesis 25:22 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

25:22And 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.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

25:22The babies jostled each other within her, and she said, "Why is this happening to me?" So she went to inquire of the Lord .

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

25:22And the children struggled together within her. And she said, If it be so, wherefore do I live? And she went to inquire of Jehovah.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

25:22And the children struggled together within her; and she said, If it be so, why am I thus? And she went to inquire of Jehovah.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

25:22And the children struggled together within her; and she said, If it be so, wherefore do I live? And she went to inquire of the LORD.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

25:22And the children struggled together within her: and she said, If it is so, why am I thus? And she went to inquire of the LORD.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

25:22The children struggled together within her. She said, |If it be so, why do I live?| She went to inquire of Yahweh.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

25:22and the children struggle together within her, and she saith, 'If it is right — why am I thus?' and she goeth to seek Jehovah.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

25:22And 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.