Question: What did Rebekah and Tamar have in common in respect to childbirth?
Answer: Both had twins. (Genesis 25:24-26; 38: 27-30)
Comments: Rebekah and Tamar each gave birth to twins. Rebekah famously gave birth to Esau and Jacob while Tamar gave birth to the lesser known duo of Perez and Zerah. These are the only two sets of twins named in the Bible.
It came about at the time she was giving birth, that behold, there were twins in her womb. (Genesis 38:27, NASB)
Not only did Rebekah and Tamar have twins, but in each case, the younger usurped the older and became an ancestor to both King David and Jesus.
Note: This image, "Rebekah with infants Jacob and Esau" was created by Phillip Ratner.
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