Quotes About Birth

And as she was giving birth, one of them put out his hand; so the midwife took a scarlet thread and tied it around his wrist. “This one came out first,” she announced.

But when he pulled his hand back and his brother came out, she said, “You have broken out first!” So he was named Perez.

Then his brother came out with the scarlet thread around his wrist, and he was named Zerah.

Before the years of famine arrived, two sons were born to Joseph by Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On.

These are the sons of Jacob born to Zilpah—whom Laban gave to his daughter Leah—sixteen in all.

Manasseh and Ephraim were born to Joseph in the land of Egypt by Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On.

These are the sons of Jacob born to Bilhah, whom Laban gave to his daughter Rachel—seven in all.

“When you help the Hebrew women give birth, observe them on the birthstools. If the child is a son, kill him; but if it is a daughter, let her live.”

The midwives answered Pharaoh, “The Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women, for they are vigorous and give birth before a midwife arrives.”

and she conceived and gave birth to a son. When she saw that he was a beautiful child, she hid him for three months.

And she gave birth to a son, and Moses named him Gershom, saying, “I have become a foreigner in a foreign land.”

six of their names on one stone and the remaining six on the other, in the order of their birth.

“Say to the Israelites, ëA woman who becomes pregnant and gives birth to a son will be unclean for seven days, as she is during the days of her menstruation.

If, however, she gives birth to a daughter, the woman will be unclean for two weeks as she is during her menstruation. Then she must continue in purification from her bleeding for sixty-six days.

When the days of her purification are complete, whether for a son or for a daughter, she is to bring to the priest at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting a year-old lamb for a burnt offering and a young pigeon or a turtledove for a sin offering.

And the priest will present them before the LORD and make atonement for her; and she shall be ceremonially cleansed from her flow of blood. This is the law for a woman giving birth, whether to a male or to a female.

“When an ox, a sheep, or a goat is born, it must remain with its mother for seven days. From the eighth day on, it will be acceptable as an offering made by fire to the LORD.

The number of all the males a month old or more was 7,500.

The number of all the males a month old or more was 6,200.

The total number of the firstborn males a month old or more, listed by name, was 22,273.

Please do not let her be like a stillborn infant whose flesh is half consumed when he comes out of his motherís womb.”

No one of illegitimate birth may enter the assembly of the LORD, nor may any of his descendants, even to the tenth generation.

the afterbirth that comes from between her legs and the children she bears, because she will secretly eat them for lack of anything else in the siege and distress that your enemy will inflict on you within your gates.

You ignored the Rock who brought you forth; you forgot the God who gave you birth.