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that we thought of; vanity being written upon all things under the sun, God thus teaches us to read it.
(2.) We are too apt to be discontented with our comforts, because of the uneasiness that attends them. We know not when we are pleased; we know neither how to want nor how to abound. This struggle between Jacob and Esau in the womb represents the struggle that is maintained between the kingdom of God and the kingdom of Satan,
[1.] In the world. The seed of the woman and the seed of the serpent have been contending ever since the enmity was put between them (Ge 3:15), and this has occasioned a constant uneasiness among men. Christ himself came to send fire on earth, and this division, Lu 12:49, 51. But let not this be offence to us. A holy war is better than the peace of the devil's palace.
[2.] In the hearts of believers. No sooner is Christ formed in the soul than immediately there begins a conflict between the flesh and spirit, Ga 5:17. The stream is not turned without a mighty struggle, which yet ought not to discourage us. It is better to have a conflict with sin than tamely to submit to it.
2. What course she took for her relief: She went to enquire of the Lord. Some think Melchizedek was now consulted as an oracle, or perhaps some Urim or Teraphim were now used to enquire of God by, as afterwards in the breast-plate of judgment. Note, The word and prayer, by both which we now enquire of the Lord, give great relief to those that are upon any account perplexed. It is a great relief to the mind to spread our case before the Lord, and ask counsel at his mouth. Go into the sanctuary, Ps 73:17.
3. The information given her, upon her enquiry, which expounded the mystery: Two nations are in thy womb, Ge 25:23. She was now pregnant, not only with two children, but two nations, which should not only in their manners and dispositions greatly differ from each other, but in their interests clash and contend with each other; and the issue of the contest should be that the elder should serve the younger, which was fulfilled in the