And Isaac intreated the LORD for his wife, because she [was] barren: and the LORD was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
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Louis Segond 1910
Isaac implora l'Eternel pour sa femme, car elle était stérile, et l'Eternel l'exauça: Rebecca, sa femme, devint enceinte.
KJV
And Isaac intreated the LORD for his wife, because she [was] barren: and the LORD was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
Philo Judaeus
De Cherubim
άλιν Ἰσαὰκ τοῦ πανσόφου τὸν θεὸν ἱκετεύσαντος, ἐκ τοῦ ἱκετευθέντος ἔγκυος ἡ ἐπιμονὴ Ῥεβέκκα γίνεται (Gen. 25, 21). χωρὶς δὲ ἱκετείας καὶ δεήσεως τὴν πτηνὴν καὶ μετάρσιον ἀρετὴν Σεπφώραν Μωυσῆς λαβὼν εὑρίσκει κύουσαν ἐξ οὐδενὸς θνητοῦ τὸ παράπαν (Exod. 2, 22). ταῦτα, ὦ μύσται κεκα…
Philo Judaeus
De Sacrificiis Abelis Et Caini
ς τὸν δοκησίσοφον νοῦν ἐξέλιπε. δηλώσει δὲ ἐναργέστερον ταῦτα καὶ τὸ τῇ ὑπομονῇ χρησμῳδηθὲν Ῥεβέκκᾳ (Gen. 25, 21 ss.). τὰς γὰρ μαχομένας δύο φύσεις ἀγαθοῦ καὶ κακοῦ συλλαβοῦσα καὶ ἑκατέραν ἄκρως φαντασιωθεῖσα κατὰ τὴν τῆς φρονήσεως ἐπικέλευσιν, ἀνασκιρτώσας αὐτὰς ἰδοῦσα καί τινα…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
ought the Lord for his wife because she was barren; and He heard him and made Rebecca to conceive" ( Gn. 25:21 ). But from that conception Jacob was born, and he was predestined. Now his predestination would not have happened if he had never been born. Therefore predestination ca…
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