'Boys' in the Bible
And the boys grew up. And Esau [was] a skilled hunter, a man of the field, but Jacob [was] a peaceful man, living [in] tents.
The angel who redeemed me from all evil, may he bless the boys. And through them let my name be perpetuated, and the name of my fathers, Abraham and Isaac. And let them multiply into many in the midst of the earth.
But the midwives feared God, and they did not do as the king of Egypt had said to them. They let the boys live.
And the king of Egypt summoned the midwives, and he said to them, "Why have you done this thing and let the boys live?"
and opened [it] and saw him--the boy--and it was a lad weeping, and she had compassion for him and said, "This [must be] from the boys of the Hebrews."
Then he went up from there [to] Bethel; as he [was] going up along the way, young boys came out from the city and mocked at him and said to him, "Go up, baldhead; go up, baldhead!"
When he turned around and saw them, he cursed them in the name of Yahweh. Then two bears came out of the forest and mauled forty-two boys among them.
Little boys also despise me; [when] I rise, then they talk against me.
And I will make boys their princes, and children shall rule over them.
Young men must carry a hand-mill and boys stumble under the wood.
And the public squares of the city will be filled [with] boys and girls playing in its public squares.'