Genesis 25:22

25:22 But the children struggled29 inside her, and she said, “If it is going to be like this, I’m not so sure I want to be pregnant!”30 So she asked the Lord,31

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29	tn The Hebrew word used here suggests a violent struggle that was out of the ordinary.
30	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.
31	sn Asked the Lord. In other passages (e.g., 1 Sam 9:9) this expression refers to inquiring of a prophet, but no details are provided here.