King James Version

Genesis 25:24

And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb.

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וַיִּמְלְא֥וּvayimlevand be at an endמָלֵאconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and be at an end”, the next action in the storyH4390to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)accomplish, confirm, [phrase] consecrate, be at an end, be expired, be fenced, fill, fulfil, (be, become, [idiom] draw, give in, go) full(-ly, -ly set, tale), (over-) flow, fulness, furnish, gather (selves, together), presume, replenish, s…יָמֶ֖יהָyameyhaas long asיוֹםnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “as long as”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) lon…לָלֶ֑דֶתlaledetto bearיָלַדpreposition, verb, qal, infinitive construct — “to bear”, the to-form of the verbH3205to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineagebear, beget, birth(-day), born, (make to) bring forth (children, young), bring up, calve, child, come, be delivered (of a child), time of delivery, gender, hatch, labour, (do the office of a) midwife, declare pedigrees, be the son of, (wom…וְהִנֵּ֥הvehinehand loהִנֵּהconjunction, particle, demonstrative — “and lo”H2009lo!behold, lo, see.תוֹמִ֖םtomimtwinsתָּאוֹםnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “twins”, the ordinary formH8380a twin (in plural only), literally or figurativelytwins.בְּבִטְנָֽהּbevitnahin bodyבֶּטֶןpreposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “in body”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH990the belly, especially the womb; also the bosom or body of anythingbelly, body, [phrase] as they be born, [phrase] within, womb.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb.

Young’s Literal Translation

And her days to bear are fulfilled, and lo, twins [are] in her womb;

World English Bible

When her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb.

Darby Translation

And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb.

Douay-Rheims

And when her time was come to be delivered, behold twins were found in her womb.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And the days were fulfilled that she should be delivered, and she had twins in her womb.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἐπληρώθησαν αἱ ἡμέραι τοῦ τεκεῖν αὐτήν· καὶ τῇδε ἦν δίδυμα ἐν τῇ κοιλίᾳ αὐτῆς.

American Standard Version (1901)

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

Darby Translation

Douay-Rheims

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

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