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Dreaming About Triplets: The Bible Gives It No Meaning

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  • Scripture records no dream of triplets and gives no meaning to one. A dream is not a promise of a pregnancy, and it is unkind to say otherwise.
  • There are no triplets in the Bible, but twins appear three times: Jacob and Esau, Perez and Zerah, and Thomas called Didymus, “the Twin.”
  • Each set turns on the assumption that birth order settles something — and each time the assumption is overturned. The midwife ties a scarlet thread and the wrong brother comes out first; Perez enters the genealogy of Christ.
  • The pattern runs throughout: Isaac not Ishmael, Jacob not Esau, Ephraim not Manasseh with Israel’s hands crossed on purpose, David left with the sheep.
  • Hannah’s prayer was inaudible and misjudged by the priest, and God heard it (1 Samuel 1:13-17).

Scripture records no dream of triplets, and gives no meaning to one. There is no verse, and no honest reading to offer. There are no triplets in the Bible either — but there are twins, three sets of them, and every one arrives in a story about which child was supposed to matter. Does the Bible interpret dreams about triplets? It does not. Scripture records many dreams and interprets a handful, and each meaning is given by God through a…

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Sources: Scripture from the NIV via BibleGateway (Genesis 25:22-26; Genesis 38:27-30; John 11:16; Genesis 48:13-20; 1 Samuel 16:11; 1 Samuel 1:13-17; Matthew 1:3).

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