John Gill
INTRODUCTION TO Genesis 25 This chapter contains an account of Abraham's marriage with another woman, and of the children he had by her and of their posterity Genesis 25:1; of Abraham's disposal of his substance; and his sons, Genesis 25:5; of the years of his life, his death and burial, Genesis 25:7; of the children of Ishmael, and of the years of his life, and of his death, Genesis 25:12; and...
John Gill
And the children struggled together within her,.... When she was quick with child: this was some time before her delivery, and was not a common and ordinary motion felt by women in such circumstances, but an extraordinary one; the two children in her strove with each other, as if it was for mastery, or who should get out first before the proper time; which not only gave her great uneasiness of...
Matthew Henry
The sacred historian, in this chapter, I. Takes his leave of Abraham, with an account, 1. Of his children by another wife, ver. 1-4. 2. Of his last will and testament, ver. 5, 6. 3. Of his age, death, and burial, ver. 7-10. II. He takes his leave of Ishmael, with a short account, 1. Of his children, ver. 12-16. 2. Of his age and death, ver. 17, 18. III. He enters upon the history of Isaac. 1. His...