Text -- Genesis 25:22 (NET)

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

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Gen 25:22

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 Lord. In other passages (e.g., 1 Sam 9:9) this expression refers to inquiring of a prophet, but no details are provided here.