14 Blessed shalt thou be above all the nations; there shall not be a barren male or female among thee, nor among thy cattle.

7 And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceedingly mighty; and the land was filled with them.

2 His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the upright shall be blessed.

13 For thou possessest my reins: thou hast covered me in my mothers womb.14 I will thank thee therefore, that I am so fearfully and wonderfully made: wonderful are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.15 My being was not concealed from thee, when I was made in secret, when I was so to say embroidered in the lowest parts of the earth.16 My undeveloped substance did thy eyes see; and in thy book were all of them written downthe days which have been formed, while yet not one of them was here.

3 Lo, children are an inheritance from the Lord: a reward is the fruit of the body.

9 Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? saith the Lord; or shall I who cause to bring forth, now prevent it? saith thy God.

2 (31:3) Bend unto me thy ear; speedily deliver me: be thou unto me as a rock of protection, as a mountain stronghold to save me.

2 (61:3) From the end of the earth will I call unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is too high for me.

11 Like a shepherd will he feed his flock: with his arm will he gather the lambs, and in his bosom will he carry them, will he lead gently those that suckle their young.

3 Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, who are borne by me from their birth, who are carried from the womb;4 And even unto old age I am the same; and even unto the time of hoary hairs will I bear: l have done it, and I will carry you; even I will bear, and deliver you.

28 Her children rise up, and call her blessed; her husband, also, and he praiseth her:

1 And the man knew Eve his wife: and she conceived, and bore Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the Lord.

1 And the Lord visited Sarah as he had said, and the Lord did unto Sarah as he had spoken.2 And Sarah conceived, and bore unto Abraham a son in his old age, at the appointed time of which God had spoken to him.

21 And Isaac entreated the Lord in behalf of his wife, because she was barren: and the Lord was entreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.

20 And it came to pass, after the lapse of some time, that Hannah conceived, and bore a son; and she called his name Samuel, saying, Because from the Lord have I asked him.

1 He who sitteth under the secret protection of the Most High, shall rest under the shadow of the Almighty.2 I will say of the Lord, who is my refuge and my stronghold, my God, in whom I ever trust,

7 The Lord will guard thee against all evil: he will guard thy soul.8 The Lord will guard thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth and for evermore.

5 Before yet I had formed thee in thy mothers body I knew thee; and before thou wast yet come forth out of the womb I sanctified thee: a prophet unto the nations did I ordain thee.

22 If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her children depart from her, and yet no farther mischief follow: he shall be surely punished, with a fine, according as the husband of the woman will lay upon him; and he shall pay this by the decision of the judges.23 And if any mischief follow, then shalt thou give life for life.

15 Can a woman forget her sucking child, not to have mercy on the son of her body? yea, should these even forget, yet would I not forget thee.

9 He causeth the barren woman to dwell in the midst of her household, the joyful mother of children. Hallelujah.

16 And I will bless her, and give thee also a son of her; yea I will bless her, and she shall become a mother of nations; kings of people shall spring from her.

3 Thy wife is then as a fruitful vine in the recesses of thy house: thy children, like oliveplants round about thy table.