20 Isaac was forty years old when he took as his wife Rebekah(A) daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan-aram(B) and sister of Laban the Aramean.(C) 21 Isaac prayed to the Lord on behalf of his wife because she was childless.(D) The Lord was receptive to his prayer, and his wife Rebekah conceived.(E) 22 But the children inside her struggled with each other, and she said, “Why is this happening to me?” [a] So she went to inquire of the Lord.(F)

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Footnotes

  1. 25:22 Lit said, “If thus, why this I?”

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