'Womb' in the Bible

The Lord said to her,“Two nations are in your womb;And two peoples will be separated from your body;And one people shall be stronger than the other;And the older shall serve the younger.”

When her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb.

Now the Lord saw that Leah was unloved, and He opened her womb, but Rachel was barren.

Then Jacob’s anger burned against Rachel, and he said, “Am I in the place of God, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?”

Then God remembered Rachel, and God gave heed to her and opened her womb.

It came about at the time she was giving birth, that behold, there were twins in her womb.

From the God of your father who helps you,And by the Almighty who blesses youWith blessings of heaven above,Blessings of the deep that lies beneath,Blessings of the breasts and of the womb.

“Sanctify to Me every firstborn, the first offspring of every womb among the sons of Israel, both of man and beast; it belongs to Me.”

you shall devote to the Lord the first offspring of every womb, and the first offspring of every beast that you own; the males belong to the Lord.

It came about, when Pharaoh was stubborn about letting us go, that the Lord killed every firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man and the firstborn of beast. Therefore, I sacrifice to the Lord the males, the first offspring of every womb, but every firstborn of my sons I redeem.’

“The first offspring from every womb belongs to Me, and all your male livestock, the first offspring from cattle and sheep.

“Now, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the sons of Israel instead of every firstborn, the first issue of the womb among the sons of Israel. So the Levites shall be Mine.

for they are wholly given to Me from among the sons of Israel. I have taken them for Myself instead of every first issue of the womb, the firstborn of all the sons of Israel.

Oh, do not let her be like one dead, whose flesh is half eaten away when he comes from his mother’s womb!”

Every first issue of the womb of all flesh, whether man or animal, which they offer to the Lord, shall be yours; nevertheless the firstborn of man you shall surely redeem, and the firstborn of unclean animals you shall redeem.

He will love you and bless you and multiply you; He will also bless the fruit of your womb and the fruit of your ground, your grain and your new wine and your oil, the increase of your herd and the young of your flock, in the land which He swore to your forefathers to give you.

For behold, you shall conceive and give birth to a son, and no razor shall come upon his head, for the boy shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb; and he shall begin to deliver Israel from the hands of the Philistines.”

But he said to me, ‘Behold, you shall conceive and give birth to a son, and now you shall not drink wine or strong drink nor eat any unclean thing, for the boy shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb to the day of his death.’”

So he told her all that was in his heart and said to her, “A razor has never come on my head, for I have been a Nazirite to God from my mother’s womb. If I am shaved, then my strength will leave me and I will become weak and be like any other man.”

But Naomi said, “Return, my daughters. Why should you go with me? Have I yet sons in my womb, that they may be your husbands?

but to Hannah he would give a double portion, for he loved Hannah, but the Lord had closed her womb.

Her rival, however, would provoke her bitterly to irritate her, because the Lord had closed her womb.

He said,“Naked I came from my mother’s womb,And naked I shall return there.The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away.Blessed be the name of the Lord.”

Because it did not shut the opening of my mother’s womb,Or hide trouble from my eyes.

“Why did I not die at birth,Come forth from the womb and expire?

‘Why then have You brought me out of the womb?Would that I had died and no eye had seen me!

‘I should have been as though I had not been,Carried from womb to tomb.’

“Did not He who made me in the womb make him,And the same one fashion us in the womb?

“Or who enclosed the sea with doorsWhen, bursting forth, it went out from the womb;

“From whose womb has come the ice?And the frost of heaven, who has given it birth?

Yet You are He who brought me forth from the womb;You made me trust when upon my mother’s breasts.

Upon You I was cast from birth;You have been my God from my mother’s womb.

The wicked are estranged from the womb;These who speak lies go astray from birth.

By You I have been sustained from my birth;You are He who took me from my mother’s womb;My praise is continually of You.

Your people will volunteer freely in the day of Your power;In holy array, from the womb of the dawn,Your youth are to You as the dew.

Behold, children are a gift of the Lord,The fruit of the womb is a reward.

For You formed my inward parts;You wove me in my mother’s womb.

Sheol, and the barren womb,Earth that is never satisfied with water,And fire that never says, “Enough.”

What, O my son?And what, O son of my womb?And what, O son of my vows?

As he had come naked from his mother’s womb, so will he return as he came. He will take nothing from the fruit of his labor that he can carry in his hand.

And their bows will mow down the young men,They will not even have compassion on the fruit of the womb,Nor will their eye pity children.

Thus says the Lord who made youAnd formed you from the womb, who will help you,‘Do not fear, O Jacob My servant;And you Jeshurun whom I have chosen.

Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer, and the one who formed you from the womb,“I, the Lord, am the maker of all things,Stretching out the heavens by MyselfAnd spreading out the earth all alone,

“Listen to Me, O house of Jacob,And all the remnant of the house of Israel,You who have been borne by Me from birthAnd have been carried from the womb;

Listen to Me, O islands,And pay attention, you peoples from afar.The Lord called Me from the womb;From the body of My mother He named Me.

And now says the Lord, who formed Me from the womb to be His Servant,To bring Jacob back to Him, so that Israel might be gathered to Him(For I am honored in the sight of the Lord,And My God is My strength),

“Can a woman forget her nursing childAnd have no compassion on the son of her womb?Even these may forget, but I will not forget you.

“Shall I bring to the point of birth and not give delivery?” says the Lord.“Or shall I who gives delivery shut the womb?” says your God.

“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you,And before you were born I consecrated you;I have appointed you a prophet to the nations.”

Because he did not kill me before birth,So that my mother would have been my grave,And her womb ever pregnant.

Why did I ever come forth from the wombTo look on trouble and sorrow,So that my days have been spent in shame?

Give them, O Lord—what will You give?Give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts.

Ephraim is stricken, their root is dried up,They will bear no fruit.Even though they bear children,I will slay the precious ones of their womb.

In the womb he took his brother by the heel,And in his maturity he contended with God.

The pains of childbirth come upon him;He is not a wise son,For it is not the time that he should delay at the opening of the womb.

For there are eunuchs who were born that way from their mother’s womb; and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by men; and there are also eunuchs who made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. He who is able to accept this, let him accept it.”

For he will be great in the sight of the Lord; and he will drink no wine or liquor, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit while yet in his mother’s womb.

And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall name Him Jesus.

When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.

And she cried out with a loud voice and said, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb!

For behold, when the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby leaped in my womb for joy.

And when eight days had passed, before His circumcision, His name was then called Jesus, the name given by the angel before He was conceived in the womb.

(as it is written in the Law of the Lord, “Every firstborn male that opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord”),

While Jesus was saying these things, one of the women in the crowd raised her voice and said to Him, “Blessed is the womb that bore You and the breasts at which You nursed.”

Nicodemus *said to Him, “How can a man be born when he is old? He cannot enter a second time into his mother’s womb and be born, can he?”

And a man who had been lame from his mother’s womb was being carried along, whom they used to set down every day at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, in order to beg alms of those who were entering the temple.

At Lystra a man was sitting who had no strength in his feet, lame from his mother’s womb, who had never walked.

Without becoming weak in faith he contemplated his own body, now as good as dead since he was about a hundred years old, and the deadness of Sarah’s womb;

But when God, who had set me apart even from my mother’s womb and called me through His grace, was pleased