Conception

`Before I form thee in the belly, I have known thee; and before thou comest forth from the womb I have separated thee, a prophet to nations I have made thee.'

For Thou--Thou hast possessed my reins, Thou dost cover me in my mother's belly. — read the full passage →

And God remembereth Rachel, and God hearkeneth unto her, and openeth her womb,

And Isaac maketh entreaty to Jehovah before his wife, for she <FI>is<Fi> barren: and Jehovah is entreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceiveth,

because nothing shall be impossible with God.'

there is not a miscarrying and barren one in thy land; the number of thy days I fulfil:

Lo, an inheritance of Jehovah <FI>are<Fi> sons, A reward <FI>is<Fi> the fruit of the womb. — read the full passage →

and it cometh to pass, at the revolution of the days, that Hannah conceiveth, and beareth a son, and calleth his name Samuel, `for, from Jehovah I have asked him.'

Causing the barren one of the house to sit, A joyful mother of sons; praise ye Jah!

`Blessed art thou above all the peoples, there is not in thee a barren man or a barren woman--nor among your cattle;

and lo, thou shalt conceive in the womb, and shalt bring forth a son, and call his name Jesus; — read the full passage →

And God blesseth them, and God saith to them, `Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it, and rule over fish of the sea, and over fowl of the heavens, and over every living thing that is creeping upon the earth.'

and lo, Elisabeth, thy kinswoman, she also hath conceived a son in her old age, and this is the sixth month to her who was called barren;

And they rise early in the morning, and bow themselves before Jehovah, and turn back, and come in unto their house in Ramah, and Elkanah knoweth Hannah his wife, and Jehovah remembereth her;

and a messenger of Jehovah appeareth unto the woman, and saith unto her, `Lo, I pray thee, thou <FI>art<Fi> barren, and hast not borne; when thou hast conceived, then thou hast borne a son. — read the full passage →

And Jehovah hath looked after Sarah as He hath said, and Jehovah doth to Sarah as He hath spoken;

`Thus hath the Lord done to me, in days in which He looked upon <FI>me<Fi> , to take away my reproach among men.'

and after those days, his wife Elisabeth conceived, and hid herself five months, saying--

and Sarah conceiveth, and beareth a son to Abraham, to his old age, at the appointed time that God hath spoken of with him;

The righteous as a palm-tree flourisheth, As a cedar in Lebanon he groweth. — read the full passage →

Lo, in iniquity I have been brought forth, And in sin doth my mother conceive me.

And God prepareth the man in His image; in the image of God He prepared him, a male and a female He prepared them.

And Mary having arisen in those days, went to the hill-country, with haste, to a city of Judea, — read the full passage →

And of Jesus Christ, the birth was thus: For his mother Mary having been betrothed to Joseph, before their coming together she was found to have conceived from the Holy Spirit,

Thy hands have taken pains about me, And they make me together round about, And Thou swallowest me up! — read the full passage →

for, lo, days do come, in which they shall say, Happy the barren, and wombs that did not bare, and paps that did not give suck;

And on his thinking of these things, lo, a messenger of the Lord in a dream appeared to him, saying, `Joseph, son of David, thou mayest not fear to receive Mary thy wife, for that which in her was begotten <FI>is<Fi> of the Holy Spirit,

And He did not make one <FI>only<Fi> , And He hath the remnant of the Spirit. And what <FI>is<Fi> the one <FI>alone<Fi> ! He is seeking a godly seed. And ye have been watchful over your spirit, And with the wife of thy youth, None doth deal treacherously.

For Thou--Thou hast possessed my reins, Thou dost cover me in my mother's belly.

And hast known that numerous <FI>is<Fi> Thy seed, And thine offspring as the herb of the earth;

And Jehovah God formeth the man--dust from the ground, and breatheth into his nostrils breath of life, and the man becometh a living creature.

And it came to pass, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe did leap in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit,

and lo, thou shalt conceive in the womb, and shalt bring forth a son, and call his name Jesus;

Thy teeth as a row of the shorn ones That have come up from the washing, For all of them are forming twins, And a bereaved one is not among them.

Mine unformed substance Thine eyes saw, And on Thy book all of them are written, The days they were formed--And not one among them.

I confess Thee, because that <FI>with<Fi> wonders I have been distinguished. Wonderful <FI>are<Fi> Thy works, And my soul is knowing <FI>it<Fi> well.

and when God was well pleased--having separated me from the womb of my mother, and having called <FI>me<Fi> through His grace--

Forget doth a woman her suckling, The loved one--the son of her womb? Yea, these forget--but I--I forget not thee.

Therefore the Lord Himself giveth to you a sign, Lo, the Virgin is conceiving, And is bringing forth a son, And hath called his name Immanuel,

Did not He that made me in the womb make him? Yea, prepare us in the womb doth One.

for, lo, when the voice of thy salutation came to my ears, leap in gladness did the babe in my womb;

and they were both righteous before God, going on in all the commands and righteousnesses of the Lord blameless,

And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying, — read the full passage →

For a Child hath been born to us, A Son hath been given to us, And the princely power is on his shoulder, And He doth call his name Wonderful, Counsellor, Mighty God, Father of Eternity, Prince of Peace. — read the full passage →

After this hath Job opened his mouth, and revileth his day. — read the full passage →

And to Him who is able to guard you not stumbling, and to set <FI>you<Fi> in the presence of His glory unblemished, in gladness, — read the full passage →

And the brethren immediately, through the night, sent forth both Paul and Silas to Berea, who having come, went to the synagogue of the Jews; — read the full passage →

and the neighbours and her kindred heard that the Lord was making His kindness great with her, and they were rejoicing with her.

And the messenger having come in unto her, said, `Hail, favoured one, the Lord <FI>is<Fi> with thee; blessed <FI>art<Fi> thou among women;'

`Lo, the virgin shall conceive, and she shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel,' which is, being interpreted `With us <FI>he is<Fi> God.'

Thus said Jehovah, thy redeemer, And thy framer from the womb: `I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah, doing all things, Stretching out the heavens by Myself, Spreading out the earth--who <FI>is<Fi> with Me?

Be silent for Jehovah, and stay thyself for Him, Do not fret because of him Who is making prosperous his way, Because of a man doing wicked devices.

`And Jehovah hath made thee abundant in good, in the fruit of the womb, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, on the ground which Jehovah hath sworn to thy fathers to give to thee.

for of Him we are workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to good works, which God did before prepare, that in them we may walk.

for all did sin, and are come short of the glory of God--

this one, having dealt subtilely with our kindred, did evil to our fathers, causing to expose their babes, that they might not live;

And the Word became flesh, and did tabernacle among us, and we beheld his glory, glory as of an only begotten of a father, full of grace and truth.

And in the sixth month was the messenger Gabriel sent by God, to a city of Galilee, the name of which <FI>is<Fi> Nazareth, — read the full passage →

And of Jesus Christ, the birth was thus: For his mother Mary having been betrothed to Joseph, before their coming together she was found to have conceived from the Holy Spirit, — read the full passage →

See, O Jehovah, and look attentively, To whom Thou hast acted thus, Do women eat their fruit, infants of a handbreadth? Slain in the sanctuary of the Lord are priest and prophet?

Be not afraid, for with thee I <FI>am<Fi> , Look not around, for I <FI>am<Fi> thy God, I have strengthened thee, Yea, I have helped thee, yea, I upheld thee, With the right hand of My righteousness.

To the Overseer. --A Psalm by David. Jehovah, Thou hast searched me, and knowest. — read the full passage →

Know that Jehovah He <FI>is<Fi> God, He made us, and we are His, His people--and the flock of His pasture.

Seek ye Jehovah and His strength, Seek His face continually.

and the woman conceiveth, and sendeth, and declareth to David, and saith, `I <FI>am<Fi> conceiving.'

`Thou dost not murder.

and the children struggle together within her, and she saith, `If <FI>it is<Fi> right--why <FI>am<Fi> I thus?' and she goeth to seek Jehovah.

And God saith, `Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness, and let them rule over fish of the sea, and over fowl of the heavens, and over cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that is creeping on the earth.' — read the full passage →

For all things I have strength, in Christ's strengthening me;

and when the fulness of time did come, God sent forth His Son, come of a woman, come under law,

Have ye not known that your body is a sanctuary of the Holy Spirit in you, which ye have from God? and ye are not your own, — read the full passage →

And we have known that to those loving God all things do work together for good, to those who are called according to purpose;

and spake out with a loud voice, and said, `Blessed <FI>art<Fi> thou among women, and blessed <FI>is<Fi> the fruit of thy womb;

to a virgin, betrothed to a man, whose name <FI>is<Fi> Joseph, of the house of David, and the name of the virgin <FI>is<Fi> Mary.

There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest, by name Zacharias, of the course of Abijah, and his wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name Elisabeth;

Roll on Jehovah thy way, And trust upon Him, and He worketh,

For thou <FI>art<Fi> He bringing me forth from the womb, Causing me to trust, On the breasts of my mother. — read the full passage →

`Blessed <FI>is<Fi> the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, increase of thine oxen, and wealth of thy flock.

`And these <FI>are<Fi> the judgments which thou dost set before them: — read the full passage →

whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man is his blood shed: for in the image of God hath He made man.

and enmity I put between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; he doth bruise thee--the head, and thou dost bruise him--the heel.'