5 occurrences

'Seven Sons' in the Bible

May he also be to you a restorer of life and a sustainer of your old age; for your daughter-in-law, who loves you and is better to you than seven sons, has given birth to him.”

Seven sons and three daughters were born to him.

“She who bore seven sons pines away;Her breathing is labored.Her sun has set while it was yet day;She has been shamed and humiliated.So I will give over their survivors to the swordBefore their enemies,” declares the Lord.

Seven sons of one Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, were doing this.

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