Genesis 25:22 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²² 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.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²² And the children struggled together within her; and she said, If it be so, why am I thus? And she went to enquire of the LORD.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²² [Two] children struggled together within her; and she said, If it is so [that the Lord has heard our prayer], why am I like this? And she went to inquire of the Lord.

American Standard Version (1901)

²² And the children struggled together within her; and she said, If it be so, wherefore do I live? And she went to inquire of Jehovah.

Common English Bible

²² But the boys pushed against each other inside of her, and she said, “If this is what it’s like, why did it happen to me?” So she went to ask the LORD.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²² But the little ones struggled in her womb. So she said, "If it was to be so with me, what need was there to conceive?" And she went to consult the Lord.

Genesis 25:22 Cross References

1 Samuel 9:9

(Formerly in Israel, anyone who went to inquire of God would say, “Come, let us go to the seer,” for the one who is now called a prophet was formerly called a seer.)

Ezekiel 20:31

When you offer your gifts and make your children pass through the fire, you defile yourselves with all your idols to this day. And shall I be consulted by you, O house of Israel? As I live, says the Lord God, I will not be consulted by you.

1 Samuel 30:8

David inquired of the Lord, “Shall I pursue this band? Shall I overtake them?” He answered him, “Pursue, for you shall surely overtake and shall surely rescue.”

1 Samuel 28:6

When Saul inquired of the Lord, the Lord did not answer him, not by dreams or by Urim or by prophets.

1 Samuel 10:22

So they inquired again of the Lord, “Did the man come here?” And the Lord said, “See, he has hidden himself among the baggage.”

Ezekiel 36:37

Thus says the Lord God: I will also let the house of Israel ask me to do this for them: to multiply their people like sheep.

1 Samuel 22:15

Is today the first time that I have inquired of God for him? By no means! Do not let the king impute anything to his servant or to any member of my father’s house, for your servant has known nothing of all this, much or little.”