baby mothers

³Behold, the inheritance of the Lord is sons, the reward is the fruit of the womb.

¹⁵Can a woman forget her infant, so as not to take pity on the child of her womb? But even if she would forget, still I shall never forget you.

¹⁶To the woman, he also said: “I will multiply your labors and your conceptions. In pain shall you give birth to sons, and you shall be under your husband’s power, and he shall have dominion over you.”

¹Then the Lord visited Sarah, just as he had promised; and he fulfilled what he had spoken. ²And she conceived and gave birth to a son in her old age, at the time that God had foretold to her. ³And Abraham called the name of his son, whom Sarah bore for him, Isaac.

²⁸Her sons rose up and predicted great happiness; her husband rose up and praised her.

²⁷I prayed for this child, and the Lord granted to me my petition, which I asked of him. ²⁸Because of this, I have also lent him to the Lord, for all the days when he shall be lent to the Lord.” And they adored the Lord in that place. And Hannah prayed, and she said:

⁶Then it happened that, while they were there, the days were completed, so that she would give birth. ⁷And she brought forth her firstborn son. And she wrapped him in swaddling clothes and laid him in a manger, because there was no room for them at the inn.

¹³In the manner of one whom a mother caresses, so will I console you. And you will be consoled in Jerusalem.

³¹Behold, you shall conceive in your womb, and you shall bear a son, and you shall call his name: JESUS. ³²He will be great, and he will be called the Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give him the throne of David his father. And he will reign in the house of Jacob for eternity. ³³And his kingdom shall have no end.”

²¹A woman, when she is giving birth, has sorrow, because her hour has arrived. But when she has given birth to the child, then she no longer remembers the difficulties, because of the joy: for a man has been born into the world.

⁵calling to mind the same faith, which is in you unfeigned, which also first dwelt in your grandmother, Lois, and in your mother, Eunice, and also, I am certain, in you.

⁷And she brought forth her firstborn son. And she wrapped him in swaddling clothes and laid him in a manger, because there was no room for them at the inn.

¹⁴For this reason, the Lord himself will grant to you a sign. Behold, a virgin will conceive, and she will give birth to a son, and his name will be called Immanuel.

⁹He causes a barren woman to live in a house, as the joyful mother of sons.

¹After these things, a man from the house of Levi went out, and he took a wife from his own stock. ²And she conceived and bore a son. And seeing him to be handsome, she hid him for three months. ³And when she was no longer able to hide him, she took a small basket woven of bulrushes, and she smeared it with pitch as well as tar. And she placed the little infant inside, and she laid him in the sedges by the bank of the river. ⁴His sister was standing at a distance and was wondering what would happen. ⁵Then, behold, the daughter of Pharaoh descended to wash in the river. And her maids walked along the edge of the cove. And when she had seen the small basket among the papyruses, she sent one of her servants for it. And when it was brought, ⁶she opened it; and realizing that within it was a little one crying, she took pity on him, and she said: “This is one of the infants of the Hebrews.”