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It happened that, when she was in hard labor, that the midwife said to her, "Don`t be afraid, for now you will have another son."
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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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18th Century
Presbyterian
8. דברה deborâh — Deborah, “bee.” בּכוּת אלּון 'alôn-bākût, Allon-bakuth, “oak of weeping.”
16.…
19th Century
Anglican
THE TÔLDÔTH ISAAC (Genesis 25:19 – 35:29).
THE BIRTH OF ISAAC’S SONS.
Abraham b…
16th Century
Protestant
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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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And it came to pass, when she was in hard labour In the midst of it, and at the worst: that the midwife …
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…
