KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
To get what Genesis 25:22 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“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.”
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| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “And the children” | הַבָּנִים֙ | A son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.) | children |
| “struggled together” | וַיִּתְרֹֽצֲצ֤וּ | To crack in pieces, literally or figuratively | struggled together |
| “within her;” | בְּקִרְבָּ֔הּ | Properly, the nearest part, i.e., the center, whether literal, figurative or adverbial (especially with preposition) | within |
| “and she said,” | וַתֹּ֣אמֶר | To say (used with great latitude) | said |
| “If” | אִם | Used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also Oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not | If |
| “it be” | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | ||
| “so,” | כֵּ֔ן | Properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner, time and relation; often with other particles) | so |
| “why” | לָ֥מָּה | Properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senses | why |
| “am” | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | ||
| “I” | אָנֹ֑כִי | I | I |
| “thus?” | זֶּ֖ה | The masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that | thus |
| “And she went” | וַתֵּ֖לֶךְ | To walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively) | And she went |
| “to inquire” | לִדְרֹ֥שׁ | Properly, to tread or frequent; usually to follow (for pursuit or search); by implication, to seek or ask; specifically to worship | inquire |
| “of” | אֶת | Properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely) | of |
| “the Lord.” | יְהוָֽה׃ | (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God | Lord |
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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 inquire of the Lord.
23 And the Lord said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels; and the one people shall be stronger than the other people; and the elder shall serve the younger.
24 And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb.
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