Genesis 25:21

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Isaac prayed to the LORD on behalf of his wife because she was childless. The LORD answered his prayer, and his wife Rebekah became pregnant.

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  • 1 Chr 5:20 : 20 They received divine help in fighting them, and the Hagrites and all their allies were handed over to them. They cried out to God during the battle; he responded to their prayers because they trusted in him.
  • 2 Chr 33:13 : 13 When he prayed to the LORD, the LORD responded to him and answered favorably his cry for mercy. The LORD brought him back to Jerusalem to his kingdom. Then Manasseh realized that the LORD is the true God.
  • Ezra 8:23 : 23 So we fasted and prayed to our God about this, and he answered us.
  • Gen 11:30 : 30 But Sarai was barren; she had no children.
  • Rom 9:10-12 : 10 Not only that, but when Rebekah had conceived children by one man, our ancestor Isaac– 11 even before they were born or had done anything good or bad(so that God’s purpose in election would stand, not by works but by his calling)– 12 it was said to her,“The older will serve the younger,”
  • Gen 15:2-3 : 2 But Abram said,“O Sovereign LORD, what will you give me since I continue to be childless, and my heir is Eliezer of Damascus?” 3 Abram added,“Since you have not given me a descendant, then look, one born in my house will be my heir!”
  • Gen 16:2 : 2 So Sarai said to Abram,“Since the LORD has prevented me from having children, please sleep with my servant. Perhaps I can have a family by her.” Abram did what Sarai told him.
  • Gen 17:16-19 : 16 I will bless her and will give you a son through her. I will bless her and she will become a mother of nations. Kings of countries will come from her!” 17 Then Abraham bowed down with his face to the ground and laughed as he said to himself,“Can a son be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Can Sarah bear a child at the age of ninety?” 18 Abraham said to God,“O that Ishmael might live before you!” 19 God said,“No, Sarah your wife is going to bear you a son, and you will name him Isaac. I will confirm my covenant with him as a perpetual covenant for his descendants after him.
  • 1 Sam 1:2 : 2 He had two wives; the name of the first was Hannah and the name of the second was Peninnah. Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.
  • 1 Sam 1:11 : 11 She made a vow saying,“O LORD of Heaven’s Armies, if you would truly look on the suffering of your servant, and would keep me in mind and not neglect your servant, and give your servant a male child, then I will dedicate him to the LORD all the days of his life. His hair will never be cut.”
  • 1 Sam 1:27 : 27 For this boy I prayed, and the LORD has given me the request that I asked of him.
  • Ps 50:15 : 15 Pray to me when you are in trouble! I will deliver you, and you will honor me!”
  • Ps 65:2 : 2 You hear prayers; all people approach you.
  • Ps 91:15 : 15 When he calls out to me, I will answer him. I will be with him when he is in trouble; I will rescue him and bring him honor.
  • Ps 127:3 : 3 Yes, sons are a gift from the LORD, the fruit of the womb is a reward.
  • Ps 145:19 : 19 He satisfies the desire of his loyal followers; he hears their cry for help and delivers them.
  • Prov 10:24 : 24 What the wicked fears will come on him; what the righteous desire will be granted.
  • Isa 45:11 : 11 This is what the LORD says, the Holy One of Israel, the one who formed him, concerning things to come:“How dare you question me about my children! How dare you tell me what to do with the work of my own hands!
  • Isa 58:9 : 9 Then you will call out, and the LORD will respond; you will cry out, and he will reply,‘Here I am.’ You must remove the burdensome yoke from among you and stop pointing fingers and speaking sinfully.
  • Isa 65:24 : 24 Before they even call out, I will respond; while they are still speaking, I will hear.
  • Luke 1:7 : 7 But they did not have a child, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both very old.
  • Luke 1:13 : 13 But the angel said to him,“Do not be afraid, Zechariah, for your prayer has been heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son; you will name him John.

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    22But the children struggled inside her, and she said,“Why is this happening to me?” So she asked the LORD,

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    19Jacob and Esau This is the account of Isaac, the son of Abraham.Abraham became the father of Isaac.

    20When Isaac was forty years old, he married Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan Aram and sister of Laban the Aramean.

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    17Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, as well as his wife and female slaves so that they were able to have children.

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    35They caused Isaac and Rebekah great anxiety.

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    6So Isaac settled in Gerar.

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    8After Isaac had been there a long time, Abimelech king of the Philistines happened to look out a window and observed Isaac caressing his wife Rebekah.

  • Rom 9:10
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  • Gen 24:66-67
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    2So Sarah became pregnant and bore Abraham a son in his old age at the appointed time that God had told him.

    3Abraham named his son– whom Sarah bore to him– Isaac.

  • Gen 17:19
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    19God said,“No, Sarah your wife is going to bear you a son, and you will name him Isaac. I will confirm my covenant with him as a perpetual covenant for his descendants after him.

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    31The Family of Jacob When the LORD saw that Leah was unloved, he enabled her to become pregnant while Rachel remained childless.

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    12When Isaac planted in that land, he reaped in the same year a hundred times what he had sown, because the LORD blessed him.

  • Gen 21:5
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    5(Now Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him.)

  • Gen 30:22
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    22Then God took note of Rachel. He paid attention to her and enabled her to become pregnant.

  • 1 Sam 1:27
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    27For this boy I prayed, and the LORD has given me the request that I asked of him.

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    2So Sarai said to Abram,“Since the LORD has prevented me from having children, please sleep with my servant. Perhaps I can have a family by her.” Abram did what Sarai told him.

  • Gen 24:51
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    51Rebekah stands here before you. Take her and go so that she may become the wife of your master’s son, just as the LORD has decided.”

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    30But Sarai was barren; she had no children.

  • Gen 30:17
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    17God paid attention to Leah; she became pregnant and gave Jacob a son for the fifth time.

  • Gen 24:15
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    15Before he had finished praying, there came Rebekah with her water jug on her shoulder. She was the daughter of Bethuel son of Milcah(Milcah was the wife of Abraham’s brother Nahor).

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    2Jacob became furious with Rachel and exclaimed,“Am I in the place of God, who has kept you from having children?”

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    21But I will establish my covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this set time next year.”

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    25Then Isaac built an altar there and worshiped the LORD. He pitched his tent there, and his servants dug a well.