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What does the Bible say about baby mothers?

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The Bible presents motherhood and the bearing of children as weighty gifts from God, calling for both joyful gratitude and compassionate care amid the pains of a fallen world. Psalm 127:3 calls children a heritage from the Lord, while Genesis 21:1-3 shows God faithfully giving Isaac to Sarah as promised. Genesis 3:16 recognizes the sorrow and pain associated with childbirth, yet Scripture also speaks tenderly of a mother's love, comparing God's comfort to that of a mother in Isaiah 49:15 and Isaiah 66:13. Hannah's prayer in 1 Samuel 1:27-28 models receiving children from God and dedicating them to his service. Above all, Christ's birth in Luke 2:6-7 reveals God's grace entering our human weakness.

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  • Psalms 127:3

    Behold, children are a heritage of Yahweh. The fruit of the womb is his reward.

  • Isaiah 49:15

    Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yes, these may forget, yet I will not forget you.

  • Genesis 21:1-3

    [1] Yahweh visited Sarah as he had said, and Yahweh did to Sarah as he had spoken. [2] Sarah conceived, and bore Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him. [3] Abraham called his son who was born to him, whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac.

  • Genesis 3:16

    To the woman he said, "I will greatly multiply your pain in childbirth. In pain you will bring forth children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you."

  • Proverbs 31:28

    Her children rise up and call her blessed. Her husband also praises her:

  • 1 Samuel 1:27-28

    [27] For this child I prayed; and Yahweh has given me my petition which I asked of him: [28] therefore also I have granted him to Yahweh; as long as he lives he is granted to Yahweh. He worshiped Yahweh there.

  • Luke 2:6-7

    [6] It happened, while they were there, that the day had come that she should give birth. [7] She brought forth her firstborn son, and she wrapped him in bands of cloth, and laid him in a feeding trough, because there was no room for them in the inn.

  • Isaiah 66:13

    As one whom his mother comforts, so will I comfort you; and you shall be comforted in Jerusalem.

  • Luke 1:31-33

    [31] Behold, you will conceive in your womb, and bring forth a son, and will call his name 'Jesus.' [32] He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father, David, [33] and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever. There will be no end to his Kingdom."

  • John 16:21

    A woman, when she gives birth, has sorrow, because her time has come. But when she has delivered the child, she doesn't remember the anguish any more, for the joy that a human being is born into the world.

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