'Labor' in the Bible
He said to the woman:I will intensify your labor pains;you will bear children in anguish.Your desire will be for your husband,yet he will rule over you.
And He said to Adam, “Because you listened to your wife’s voice and ate from the tree about which I commanded you, ‘Do not eat from it’:The ground is cursed because of you.You will eat from it by means of painful laborall the days of your life.
And he named him Noah, saying, “This one will bring us relief from the agonizing labor of our hands, caused by the ground the Lord has cursed.”
They set out from Bethel. When they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel began to give birth, and her labor was difficult.
During her difficult labor, the midwife said to her, “Don’t be afraid, for you have another son.”