Genesis 25:21 Meaning, Study, & Commentary | WEB

Isaac entreated Yahweh for his wife, because she was barren. Yahweh was entreated by him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.

Commentaries

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century

Presbyterian

18th Century

פדן padān — Paddan, “plowed field;” related: “cut, plow.”

עשׂי ‛êśâv, Esau, “hairy, or made.”

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century

Anglican

19th Century

THE TÔLDÔTH ISAAC (Genesis 25:19 to Genesis 35:29).

THE BIRTH OF ISAAC’S SONS.

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John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century

Protestant

16th Century

And Isaac entreated the Lord for his wife. Some translate the passage, Isaac entreated the Lord in the presence of his wife, and …

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century

Reformed Baptist

17th Century

And Isaac entreated the Lord for his wife Was very earnest and constant in his supplications for her, as the word signifi…

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century

Presbyterian

17th Century

Isaac seems not to have been much tried, but to have spent his days in quietness. Jacob and Esau were prayed for; their parents, after being long c…

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