Fertility

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.'

Lo, an inheritance of Jehovah <FI>are<Fi> sons, A reward <FI>is<Fi> the fruit of the womb.

And ye, be fruitful and multiply, teem in the earth, and multiply in it.'

And God blesseth Noah, and his sons, and saith to them, `Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the earth;

By faith also Sarah herself did receive power to conceive seed, and she bare after the time of life, seeing she did judge Him faithful who did promise;

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

Because of this I say to you, all whatever--praying--ye do ask, believe that ye receive, and it shall be to you.

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

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,

in the hope rejoicing; in the tribulation enduring; in the prayer persevering;

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

and hath loved thee, and blessed thee, and multiplied thee, and hath blessed the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy ground, thy corn, and thy new wine, and thine oil, the increase of thine oxen, and the wealth of thy flock, on the ground which He hath sworn to thy fathers to give to thee.

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

And not only <FI>so<Fi> , but we also boast in the tribulations, knowing that the tribulation doth work endurance; — read the full passage →

these things I have spoken to you, that in me ye may have peace, in the world ye shall have tribulation, but take courage--I have overcome the world.'

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; — read the full passage →

Who is giving healing to the broken of heart, And is binding up their griefs.

Thy wife <FI>is<Fi> as a fruitful vine in the sides of thy house, Thy sons as olive plants around thy table.

When Jehovah hath looked after Hannah, then she conceiveth and beareth three sons and two daughters; and the youth Samuel groweth up with Jehovah.

And there is a certain man of Ramathaim-Zophim, of the hill-country of Ephraim, and his name <FI>is<Fi> Elkanah, son of Jeroham, son of Elihu, son of Tohu, son of Zuph, and Ephrathite, — read the full passage →

and thou hast remembered all the way which Jehovah thy God hath caused thee to go these forty years in the wilderness, in order to humble thee to try thee, to know that which <FI>is<Fi> in thy heart, whether thou dost keep His commands or not.

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

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

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. — read the full passage →

And there was given to me a reed like to a rod, and the messenger stood, saying, `Rise, and measure the sanctuary of God, and the altar, and those worshipping in it; — read the full passage →

every good giving, and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the lights, with whom is no variation, or shadow of turning;

have ye not known that ye are a sanctuary of God, and the Spirit of God doth dwell in you?

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 the messenger said unto him, `Fear not, Zacharias, for thy supplication was heard, and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear a son to thee, and thou shalt call his name John, — read the full passage →

Seeing that many did take in hand to set in order a narration of the matters that have been fully assured among us, — read the full passage →

For I have known the thoughts that I am thinking towards you--an affirmation of Jehovah; thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give to you posterity and hope.

Sing, O barren, she hath not borne! Break forth with singing, and cry aloud, She hath not brought forth! For more <FI>are<Fi> the sons of the desolate, Than the sons of the married one, said Jehovah. — read the full passage →

Sing, O barren, she hath not borne! Break forth with singing, and cry aloud, She hath not brought forth! For more <FI>are<Fi> the sons of the desolate, Than the sons of the married one, said Jehovah.

But those expecting Jehovah pass <FI>to<Fi> power, They raise up the pinion as eagles, They run and are not fatigued, They go on and do not faint!

A Song of the Ascents. O the happiness of every one fearing Jehovah, Who is walking in His ways. — read the full passage →

For a sun and a shield <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah God, Grace and honour doth Jehovah give. He withholdeth not good To those walking in uprightness.

And delight thyself on Jehovah, And He giveth to thee the petitions of thy heart.

And the sons of Israel add to do the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, and Jehovah giveth them into the hand of the Philistines forty years. — read the full passage →

`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.

therefore doth a man leave his father and his mother, and hath cleaved unto his wife, and they have become one flesh.

And concerning the things of which ye wrote to me: good <FI>it is<Fi> for a man not to touch a woman, — read the full passage →

And faith is of things hoped for a confidence, of matters not seen a conviction, — read the full passage →

`And it hath been, when all these things come upon thee, the blessing and the reviling, which I have set before thee, and thou hast brought <FI>them<Fi> back unto thy heart, among all the nations whither Jehovah thy God hath driven thee away, — read the full passage →

`And it hath been, if thou dost hearken diligently to the voice of Jehovah thy God, to observe to do all His commands which I am commanding thee to-day, that Jehovah thy God hath made thee uppermost above all the nations of the earth, — read the full passage →

and I have blessed her, and have also given to thee a son from her; and I have blessed her, and she hath become nations--kings of peoples are from her.'

and did make us kings and priests to his God and Father, to him <FI>is<Fi> the glory and the power to the ages of the ages! Amen.

for nothing be anxious, but in everything by prayer, and by supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God;

and her adversity hath also provoked her greatly, so as to make her tremble, for Jehovah hath shut up her womb.