Topic

Having Children

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Psalms 127:3–5

Behold, children are a heritage of Yahweh. The fruit of the womb is his reward. — read the full passage →

Genesis 1:28

God blessed them. God said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it. Have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the sky, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”

Psalms 113:9

He settles the barren woman in her home, as a joyful mother of children. Praise Yah!

Genesis 9:1

God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them, “Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.

1 Timothy 2:11–15

Let a woman learn in quietness with all subjection. — read the full passage →

Genesis 15:1–17:27

After these things Yahweh’s word came to Abram in a vision, saying, “Don’t be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your exceedingly great reward.” — read the full passage →

Ruth 3:1–4:22

Naomi her mother-in-law said to her, “My daughter, shall I not seek rest for you, that it may be well with you? — read the full passage →

Judges 13:1–25

The children of Israel again did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh; and Yahweh delivered them into the hand of the Philistines forty years. — read the full passage →

Deuteronomy 6:1–8:20

Now this is the commandment, the statutes, and the ordinances, which Yahweh your God commanded to teach you, that you might do them in the land where you go over to possess it; — read the full passage →

Genesis 30:1–31:55

When Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister. She said to Jacob, “Give me children, or else I will die.” — read the full passage →

1 Timothy 5:1–25

Don’t rebuke an older man, but exhort him as a father; the younger men as brothers; — read the full passage →

1 Samuel 1:1–2:36

Now there was a certain man of Ramathaim Zophim, of the hill country of Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite: — read the full passage →

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