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Whenוַher daysיָמֶיהָto give birthלָלֶדֶתwere fulfilled,יִּמְלְאוּlook,וְהִנֵּהthere were twinsתוֹמִםin her womb.בְּבִטְנָהּ
Genesis 25:24
Study it in the app“When her days to give birth were fulfilled, look, there were twins in her womb.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 25:24, word by word
- her daysיָמֶיyame
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yame” appears- to give birthלֶדֶתledet
bear
To bring a child into the world, giving birth after pregnancy.
Where else “ledet” appears- were fulfilledיִּמְלְאוּyimlu
be fulfilled
For a period to run out, or a word to come true.
Where else “yimlu” appears- there were twinsתוֹמִםtomim
twins
Twins.
Where else “tomim” appears- in her wombבִטְנָvitna
womb
The belly where a mother carries her child.
Where else “vitna” appears
The context
23YHWH said to her, “Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples from your inner parts will be divided; one people will be stronger than the other people, and the older will serve the younger.”
24 · This verse (above)
25The first came out reddish, all of him like a cloak of hair, and they called his name Esau.
To study Genesis 25 in a group
1. What it says
What did Esau do with his birthright, and what did he receive in exchange (vv. 29-34)?
2. What it means
What does the text mean when it ends, “Thus Esau despised his birthright” (v. 34)?
3. How I live it
What valuable thing are you at risk of trading away for a need of the moment?