Genesis 25:22
ContextNET © | But the children struggled 1 inside her, and she said, “If it is going to be like this, I’m not so sure I want to be pregnant!” 2 So she asked the Lord, 3 |
NIV © | The babies jostled each other within her, and she said, "Why is this happening to me?" So she went to enquire of the LORD. |
NASB © | But the children struggled together within her; and she said, "If it is so, why then am I this way?" So she went to inquire of the LORD. |
NLT © | But the two children struggled with each other in her womb. So she went to ask the LORD about it. "Why is this happening to me?" she asked. |
MSG © | But the children tumbled and kicked inside her so much that she said, "If this is the way it's going to be, why go on living?" She went to GOD to find out what was going on. |
BBE © | And the children were fighting together inside her, and she said, If it is to be so, why am I like this? So she went to put her question to the Lord. |
NRSV © | The children struggled together within her; and she said, "If it is to be this way, why do I live?" So she went to inquire of the LORD. |
NKJV © | But the children struggled together within her; and she said, "If all is well, why am I like this?" So she went to inquire of the LORD. |
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NET © | But the children struggled 1 inside her, and she said, “If it is going to be like this, I’m not so sure I want to be pregnant!” 2 So she asked the Lord, 3 |
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1 tn The Hebrew word used here suggests a violent struggle that was out of the ordinary. 2 tn Heb “If [it is] so, why [am] I this [way]?” Rebekah wanted to know what was happening to her, but the question itself reflects a growing despair over the struggle of the unborn children. 3 sn Asked the |