Reference: Birth
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As soon as a child was born it was washed, and rubbed with salt (Eze 16:4), and then swathed with bandages (Job 38:9; Lu 2:7,12). A Hebrew mother remained forty days in seclusion after the birth of a son, and after the birth of a daughter double that number of days. At the close of that period she entered into the tabernacle or temple and offered up a sacrifice of purification (Le 12; Lu 2:22). A son was circumcised on the eighth day after his birth, being thereby consecrated to God (Ge 17:10-12; comp. Ro 4:11). Seasons of misfortune are likened to the pains of a woman in travail, and seasons of prosperity to the joy that succeeds child-birth (Isa 13:8; Jer 4:31; Joh 16:21-22). The natural birth is referred to as the emblem of the new birth (Joh 3:3-8; Ga 6:15; Tit 3:5, etc.).
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and she brought forth her son, the first-born, and wrapped him in swaddling cloths, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.
And this shall be a sign to you, Ye shall find the child wrapped in swaddling bands lying in a manger.
And when the days of her purification according to the law of Moses were fulfilled, they brought Him to Jerusalem to present Him before the Lord:
Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily verily I tell thee, Unless a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. Nicodemus saith unto Him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter a second time into his mother's womb, and be born? read more. Jesus answered, I tell thee of a truth, Unless a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. That, which is born of the flesh, is flesh; and that, which is born of the Spirit, is spirit. Do not wonder that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again. As the wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound of it, but knowest not whence it cometh, or whither it goeth; so is every one that is born of the Spirit.
A woman when she is in labor, hath sorrow, because her hour is come; but when she is delivered of the child, she thinks no more of the anguish, for joy, that a man is born into the world. And ye therefore now have sorrow; but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy shall no one take from you.
And he received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had in uncircumcision: that he might be the father of all that believe though not circumcised, that righteousness may be imputed to them also:
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but being created anew.
not for works of righteousness which we had done, but according to his own mercy He saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the holy Spirit;
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Childbirth. Emblem of acute and sudden suffering, such as shall overtake those unprepared for the Lord's second coming (1Th 5:3). The special suffering laid on woman as part of the curse from the fall is overruled to a blessing, if she shall faithfully do and suffer the part assigned by God to her, namely, childbearing and home duties, her sphere as distinguished from public teaching, which is man's (1Ti 2:11-15), "she shall be saved (though) with childbearing"; i.e., though suffering her part of the primeval curse, in childbearing, just as man shall be saved, though having to bear his part, the sweat of the brow. The passage may further imply: her childbearing, though in sorrow, being the function of her sex whereby the Savior was born, shall be the mean of her salvation. Ellicott translates, "through THE childbearing," namely, that of Jesus (Ge 3:15-16).
A special interposition mitigated the penalty to the Hebrew women, under the cruel edict of Pharaoh for the destruction of all Hebrew males born (Ex 1:15-19). A woman was unclean under the Mosaic law for 40 days after giving birth to a male, and 80 days in the ease of a female. Then she offered a burnt offering and a sin offering for her cleansing; less costly victims were required for the poor, as the Virgin Mary (See BIRD.) A child when born was washed, rubbed with salt, and wrapped in swaddling bands, as appears in the Lord's touching picture of His adopting and ultimately marrying Israel (Eze 16:4), where for "to supple thee" (i.e. to make the skin soft), translate, "to the (or my) sight," i.e. in order to be sightly for me to look upon (See margin. The salting was to make the skin dense and firm.
Natural birth unto life is the constant image in Scripture for spiritual quickening, the new birth of the soul by the Holy Spirit, who convicts of sin and also points the eye of faith to the Lamb of God who taketh away the sin of the world (Joh 3:3-8; 1:13; Ga 6:15; Tit 3:5; Jas 1:18; 1Pe 1:23; 1Jo 3:9; 2Co 5:17; compare Job 33:24-26). Birthdays were generally observed with rejoicing. So Pharaoh's (Ge 40:20); Job's (Job 1:4, etc.); Herod's (Mt 14:6), though his day was perhaps rather that of his accession to the throne, compare Ho 7:5, "the day of our king."
The Jews latterly viewed birthday celebrations unfavorably, on account of the idolatrous rites and revelry associated with them. Josephus (Ant. 19:7, section 1) mentions that Herod, the brother of Herodias, who succeeded the Herod of Mt 14:6, "made a feast on his birthday, when all under his command partook of his mirth." This is in coincidence with Matthew and Mark (Mr 6:21), for it proves that birthday feasts were observed in Herod's family, and that officers of the government customarily shared in them.
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But when Herod's birth-day was kept, the daughter of Herodias danced before them, and pleased Herod, so
But when Herod's birth-day was kept, the daughter of Herodias danced before them, and pleased Herod, so
But when Herod's birth-day was kept, the daughter of Herodias danced before them, and pleased Herod, so
But when Herod's birth-day was kept, the daughter of Herodias danced before them, and pleased Herod, so
But a convenient day happening, when Herod on his birth-night gave a supper to his lords, and chief officers, and persons of distinction in Galilee; and the daughter of Herodias coming in,
But a convenient day happening, when Herod on his birth-night gave a supper to his lords, and chief officers, and persons of distinction in Galilee; and the daughter of Herodias coming in,
who were born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
who were born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily verily I tell thee, Unless a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily verily I tell thee, Unless a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. Nicodemus saith unto Him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter a second time into his mother's womb, and be born?
Nicodemus saith unto Him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter a second time into his mother's womb, and be born? Jesus answered, I tell thee of a truth, Unless a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
Jesus answered, I tell thee of a truth, Unless a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. That, which is born of the flesh, is flesh; and that, which is born of the Spirit, is spirit.
That, which is born of the flesh, is flesh; and that, which is born of the Spirit, is spirit. Do not wonder that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.
Do not wonder that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again. As the wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound of it, but knowest not whence it cometh, or whither it goeth; so is every one that is born of the Spirit.
As the wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound of it, but knowest not whence it cometh, or whither it goeth; so is every one that is born of the Spirit.
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but being created anew.
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but being created anew.
And when they shall say, Peace and safety, then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
And when they shall say, Peace and safety, then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
Let the woman learn in silence with all submission: but I permit not a woman to teach,
Let the woman learn in silence with all submission: but I permit not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be silent.
nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be silent. For Adam was formed first, then Eve.
For Adam was formed first, then Eve. And Adam was not seduced by the serpent, but the woman being led astray was first in the transgression.
And Adam was not seduced by the serpent, but the woman being led astray was first in the transgression. Yet shall she be saved through childbirth, if they continue in faith and love, in holiness and modesty.
Yet shall she be saved through childbirth, if they continue in faith and love, in holiness and modesty.
not for works of righteousness which we had done, but according to his own mercy He saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the holy Spirit;
not for works of righteousness which we had done, but according to his own mercy He saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the holy Spirit;
who hath of his own will begotten us by the word of truth, that we might be a kind of first-fruits of his creatures.
who hath of his own will begotten us by the word of truth, that we might be a kind of first-fruits of his creatures.