12 Bible Verses about Nurses

She added: Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age.

The next morning I woke up and was going to nurse my baby. It was dead. I looked at it more closely and saw that it was not my child.

His sister asked her: Shall I go and call a Hebrew woman to nurse the baby for you?

Pharaoh's daughter told her: Take care of this child, and I will pay you. The baby's mother carried him home and took care of him.

He said: Do not make us stay. Jehovah has made my journey a success. Let me go back to my master. They answered: Let us call her and find out what she has to say. They called Rebecca and asked: Do you want to go with this man? Yes, she answered.read more.
They allowed Rebecca and her old family servant to go with Abraham's servant and his men.

Deborah died. She was the servant who cared for Rebekah from childhood. She was buried near Bethel, under the holy tree. They named it Allon-bacuth (weeping tree).

Saul's son Jonathan had a son who was crippled. When the boy was five years old, the news about the death of Saul and Jonathan came from Jezreel. His nurse picked him up and fled to Gittaim. She was in a hurry when she left. He fell from her arms and became disabled. His name was Mephibosheth.

Only Ahaziah's son Jehoash escaped. He was about to be killed with the others, but was rescued by his aunt Jehosheba, who was King Jehoram's daughter and Ahaziah's half sister. She hid him and his nurse in a bedroom in the Temple. Jehosheba took care of the boy and kept him hidden in the Temple for six years. During this time Athaliah ruled as queen.

Ahaziah had a half sister, Jehosheba, who was married to a priest named Jehoiada. She secretly rescued one of Ahaziah's sons, Joash, took him away from the other princes who were about to be murdered. She hid him and a nurse in a bedroom at the Temple. By keeping him hidden, she saved him from death at the hands of Athaliah.

Am I their mother? Did I give birth to them? Are you really asking me to carry them in my arms, as a nurse carries a baby, all the way to the land you promised their ancestors with an oath?

Do I bring a mother to the moment of birth and not let her deliver? Asks Jehovah. Do I cause a mother to deliver and then make her unable to have children? Asks your God. All who love Jerusalem, be happy and rejoice with her. All who mourn for her be glad with her. You will nurse and be satisfied from her comforting breasts. You will nurse and be satisfied at her full breasts.read more.
This is what Jehovah says: I will offer you peace like a river and the wealth of the nations like an overflowing stream. You will nurse and be carried in Jerusalem's arms and cuddled on her knees. As a mother comforts her child, so I will comfort you. You will be comforted in Jerusalem.

Even the jackals of the wasteland have full breasts and give milk to their young ones. The daughter of my people has become cruel like the ostriches in the wasteland.