Thematic Bible: Incident to motherhood


Thematic Bible



They set out from Bethel. When they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel began to give birth, and her labor was difficult. Verse ConceptsWeights And Measures, DistancesHard Tasks

They will be horrified;
pain and agony will seize them;
they will be in anguish like a woman in labor.
They will look at each other,
their faces flushed with fear.
Verse ConceptsChildbirthPunishment, Nature OfTravailLabour Pains



“I have kept silent from ages past;
I have been quiet and restrained Myself.
But now, I will groan like a woman in labor,
gasping breathlessly.
Verse ConceptsGod, Patience OfGod, Suffering OfSilenceLabour PainsGod Being Silent

When a woman is in labor she has pain because her time has come. But when she has given birth to a child, she no longer remembers the suffering because of the joy that a person has been born into the world. Verse ConceptsAgony, Of BodyChild BearingChildbirthAnguish, CauseTravailLabour PainsBirthRejoicing In ProsperityHaving A Babybabyhurtingwomanhoodchildbearing

They set out from Bethel. When they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel began to give birth, and her labor was difficult. Verse ConceptsWeights And Measures, DistancesHard Tasks

They will be horrified;
pain and agony will seize them;
they will be in anguish like a woman in labor.
They will look at each other,
their faces flushed with fear.
Verse ConceptsChildbirthPunishment, Nature OfTravailLabour Pains



“I have kept silent from ages past;
I have been quiet and restrained Myself.
But now, I will groan like a woman in labor,
gasping breathlessly.
Verse ConceptsGod, Patience OfGod, Suffering OfSilenceLabour PainsGod Being Silent

When a woman is in labor she has pain because her time has come. But when she has given birth to a child, she no longer remembers the suffering because of the joy that a person has been born into the world. Verse ConceptsAgony, Of BodyChild BearingChildbirthAnguish, CauseTravailLabour PainsBirthRejoicing In ProsperityHaving A Babybabyhurtingwomanhoodchildbearing

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