Gen 25:22-23 | ESV | STEP | The children struggled together within her , and she said , If it is thus, why is this happening to me? So she went to inquire of the Lord .

Genesis 25:22-23

22 The children struggled together within her, and she said, “If it is thus, why is this happening to me?” ^{▼▼Or why do I live?} So she went ^bto inquire of the Lord. 23 And the Lord said to her,

^c“Two nations are in your womb,
and two peoples from within you ^{▼▼Or from birth} shall be divided;
^ethe one shall be stronger than the other,
^fthe older shall serve the younger.”