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A Specifically Answered Prayer
Commentators explain that the midwife's encouragement was not generic. By saying, 'you shall have this son also,' she was specifically reminding Rachel of her own prayer at Joseph's birth (Genesis 30:24). It was a declaration that God had directly answered her long-held desire.
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Albert Barnes
On Genesis 35:1–29
18th Century
Theologian
8. דברה deborâh — Deborah, “bee.” בּכוּת אלּון 'alôn-bākût, Allon-bakuth, “oak of weeping.”
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Charles Ellicott
On Genesis 35:1–29
19th Century
Bishop
John Calvin
On Genesis 35:17
16th Century
Theologian
The midwife said unto her. We know that the ancients were very eager for children, especially for male children. Since Rachel therefore do…
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John Gill
On Genesis 35:17
17th Century
Pastor
And it came to pass, when she was in hard labour
In the midst of it, and at the worst: that the midwife …
Matthew Henry
On Genesis 35:16–20
17th Century
Minister
Rachel had passionately said, Give me children, or else I die; and now that she had children, she died! The death of the body is but the d…