Holy Scripture
Genesis 25:24
A church father on this verse
“"And her days were fulfilled," the text says, "that she should give birth, and there were twins in her womb." This statement, that is, "her days were fulfilled that she should give birth," is almost never written except of holy women. For this is said of this Rebekah and of Elizabeth the mother of John and of Mary the…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
24And the days were fulfilled that she should be delivered, and she had twins in her womb.
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22And the babes leaped within her; and she said, If it will be so with me, why is this to me? And she went to inquire of the Lord.
23And the Lord said to her, There are two nations in thy womb, And two peoples shall be separated from thy belly, And one people shall excel the other, And the elder shall serve the younger.
— Genesis 25:24 —
25And the first came out red, hairy all over like a skin; and she called his name Esau.
26And after this came forth his brother, and his hand took hold of the heel of Esau; and she called his name Jacob. And Isaac was sixty years old when Rebekah bore them.