Genesis 25:19-23

19 These are the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son: Abraham fathered Isaac, 20 and Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean of Paddan-aram, the sister of Laban the Aramean, to be his wife. 21 And Isaac prayed to the Lord for his wife, because she was barren. And the Lord granted his prayer, and Rebekah his wife conceived. 22 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. 23 And the Lord said to her,

“Two nations are in your womb,
    and two peoples from within you shall be divided;
the one shall be stronger than the other,
    the older shall serve the younger.”

HEAR about it:

What did you HEAR from God’s word today? Use the HEAR method (Highlight, Explain, Apply, and Respond) to examine today’s passage. If you need to know more about the HEAR method, click here.

Talk about it:

• How does God know that Rebekah is having twins?

• How does God know which boy would be born first, and that the older son would serve the younger son?

• What does Rebekah do that shows she trusts God?

Pray about it:

Spend some time as a family lifting up your prayer requests to the Lord.