for the Lord had closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech because of Sarah, Abraham’s wife.

And the Lord said to her: “Two nations are in your womb, Two peoples shall be separated from your body; One people shall be stronger than the other, And the older shall serve the younger.”

So when her days were fulfilled for her to give birth, indeed there were twins in her womb.

The Children of Jacob

When the Lord saw that Leah was unloved, He opened her womb; but Rachel was barren.

And Jacob’s anger was aroused against Rachel, and he said, “Am I in the place of God, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?”

Then God remembered Rachel, and God listened to her and opened her womb.

Now it came to pass, at the time for giving birth, that behold, twins were in her womb.

By the God of your father who will help you, And by the Almighty who will bless you With blessings of heaven above, Blessings of the deep that lies beneath, Blessings of the breasts and of the womb.