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Lexicon :: Strong's H3205 - yālaḏ

Aa
יָלַד
Transliteration
yālaḏ
Pronunciation
yaw-lad'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 867

Strong’s Definitions

יָלַד yâlad, yaw-lad'; a primitive root; to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage:—bear, beget, birth(-day), born, (make to) bring forth (children, young), bring up, calve, child, come, be delivered (of a child), time of delivery, gender, hatch, labour, (do the office of a) midwife, declare pedigrees, be the son of, (woman in, woman that) travail(-eth, -ing woman).


KJV Translation Count — Total: 498x

The KJV translates Strong's H3205 in the following manner: beget (201x), bare (110x), born (79x), bring forth (25x), bear (23x), travail (16x), midwife (10x), child (8x), delivered (5x), borne (3x), birth (2x), labour (2x), brought up (2x), miscellaneous (12x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 498x
The KJV translates Strong's H3205 in the following manner: beget (201x), bare (110x), born (79x), bring forth (25x), bear (23x), travail (16x), midwife (10x), child (8x), delivered (5x), borne (3x), birth (2x), labour (2x), brought up (2x), miscellaneous (12x).
  1. to bear, bring forth, beget, gender, travail

    1. (Qal)

      1. to bear, bring forth

        1. of child birth

        2. of distress (simile)

        3. of wicked (behaviour)

      2. to beget

    2. (Niphal) to be born

    3. (Piel)

      1. to cause or help to bring forth

      2. to assist or tend as a midwife

      3. midwife (participle)

    4. (Pual) to be born

    5. (Hiphil)

      1. to beget (a child)

      2. to bear (fig. - of wicked bringing forth iniquity)

    6. (Hophal) day of birth, birthday (infinitive)

    7. (Hithpael) to declare one's birth (pedigree)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
יָלַד yâlad, yaw-lad'; a primitive root; to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage:—bear, beget, birth(-day), born, (make to) bring forth (children, young), bring up, calve, child, come, be delivered (of a child), time of delivery, gender, hatch, labour, (do the office of a) midwife, declare pedigrees, be the son of, (woman in, woman that) travail(-eth, -ing woman).
STRONGS H3205: Abbreviations
יָלַד 497 verb bear, bring forth, beget (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic יְלִיד, יְלֵיד, bdb040801; Arabic bdb040802 bear, bring forth, so Ethiopic bdb040803 Assyrian alâdu, COTGloss) —
Qal Perfect יָלַד Genesis 4:18 (3 times in verse) + 16 times; יָלָ֑ד Jeremiah 17:11; וְיָלַד consecutive Psalm 7:15; suffix יְלָֽדְךָ Deuteronomy 32:18; 2nd person masculine singular suffix ילדתני Jeremiah 2:27 Kt; Qr יְלִדְתָּנוּ (Köi. 410 Ges§ 70, 2. R. 4); 1st person singular suffix יְלִדְתִּ֫יךָ Psalm 2:7; יְלִדְתִּ֫יהוּ Numbers 11:12, etc.; Imperfect יֵלָד(יֹום) Proverbs 27:1; 3rd person feminine singular תֵּלֵד Genesis 17:17 + 6 times; וַתֵּ֫לֶד Genesis 4:1 + 61 times; 2nd person feminine singular תֵּלְדִי Genesis 3:16; אֵלֵד Genesis 18:13; וָאֵלֵד 1 Kings 3:17; יֵֽֽֽלְדוּ Isaiah 65:23; 3rd person feminine plural תֵּלַדְנָה Jeremiah 29:6; וַתֵּלַדְנָה Ezekiel 23:4; וַתֵּלַדְןָ Genesis 30:39, etc.; Infinitive absolute יָלֹד Job 15:35; construct לֵדָה Hosea 9:11 + 3 times; לֶ֫דֶת Genesis 4:2 + 10 times; לָלַת 1 Samuel 4:19 (Köi, 402, but probably text error Dr); suffix לִדְתִּי 1 Kings 3:18, etc.; Participle active יֹלֵד Proverbs 17:21; Jeremiah 30:6, etc.; feminine יוֺלֵדָה Hosea 13:13 + 12 times; יֹלֶ֫דֶת Genesis 17:19 + 4 times; יֹלַדְתְּ Genesis 16:11 + 2 times (Köi. 404 f.; perhaps יֹלֶדֶת intended by Kt, compare Sta§ 213 b); suffix Proverbs 23:25; יוֺלַדְתּוֺ Proverbs 17:25; etc.; plural יֹלְדוֺת Jeremiah 16:3; Passive participle יָלוּד 1 Kings 3:26, 27; construct יְלוּד Job 14:1 + 2 times; plural יְלוּדִים 1 Chronicles 14:4; —
1. bear, bring froth:
a. (a mother a child,) so commonly, approximately + 208 times; followed by accusative Genesis 3:16; Genesis 4:1 & constantly; accusative omitted Genesis 6:2 etc. = be delivered of a child, 1 Kings 3:17, 18; 2 Kings 19:3 = Isaiah 37:3 (in proverb with negative, i.e. human power exhausted); of animals Genesis 30:39; Genesis 31:8 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 14:5; Jeremiah 17:11 (bird laying eggs, or hatching out young), Ezekiel 31:6; Job 39:1, 2; but also of whole process of labour (compare חול) וַתְּקַשׁ בְּלִדְתָּהּ Genesis 35:16 compare Genesis 35:17, Genesis 38:27, 28, compare 1 Samuel 14:19; Jeremiah 31:18; Micah 5:2 (of a man, as preposterous, Jeremiah 30:6, compare Moses as mother of Israel Numbers 11:12).
b. hence in simile of distress Micah 4:9, 10; Isaiah 13:8; Isaiah 21:3; Isaiah 42:14; Jeremiah 6:24; Jeremiah 13:21; Jeremiah 22:23; Jeremiah 30:6; Jeremiah 49:24; Jeremiah 50:43; Psalm 48:7, compare Hosea 13:13; ילד עלבֿרכים (StaZAW 1886, 143 ff.) Genesis 30:3; Genesis 50:23 (compare Job 3:12).
c. figurative of wicked וְהָרָה עָמָל וְיָלַד שָׁ֑קֶר Psalm 7:15 compare Job 15:35 also Isaiah 33:11; of Israelites, bringing froth wind (of vain efforts for deliverance) Isaiah 26:18; כְּפֹר שָׁמַיִם מִי יְלָדוֺ Job 38:29; of Tyre as mother of her inhabitants Isaiah 23:4 of Jerusalem Isaiah 51:18; Isaiah 54:1; Isaiah 66:7, 8; Ezekiel 16:20; Israel bearing disloyal children Hosea 5:7; Jerusalem and Samaria, as Oholibah and Oholah Ezekiel 23:37; of Babylon Jeremiah 50:12; of a day, as producing events לֹאתֵֿדַע מַה יֵּ֫לֶד יוֺם Proverbs 27:1; perhaps of God (figurative of rock צוּר), as mother of Israel bringing forth with labour Deuteronomy 32:18 yet see 2.
2. less often beget:
a. literal, approximately + 22 times, always with accusative; in Hexateuch a mark of J; Genesis 4:18 (3 times in verse); Genesis 10:8, 13, 15, 24 (twice in verse); Genesis 10:26 = 1 Chronicles 1:10, 11, 13, 18 (twice in verse); 1 Chronicles 1:20, Genesis 22:23; Genesis 25:3 (Deuteronomy 32:18 & Numbers 11:12 E are dubious; P uses Hiph.), elsewhere Proverbs 17:21; Proverbs 23:23, 24; Daniel 11:6.
b. beget, figurative Psalm 2:7 of י׳'s formally installing king into theocratic rights.
3. Zechariah 13:3 (twice in verse), of both parents (literally); Passive participle + 3 times = child 1 Kings 3:26, 27 where mother is named, 1 Chronicles 14:4 where father named.
Niph. Perfect נוֺלַד 1 Chronicles 2:3 + 6 times + הנּוֺלַדֿ Genesis 21:3 according to points, but read Participle (see Di); נוּ֯לְּדוּ 1 Chronicles 3:5; 1 Chronicles 20:8 (compare Ol§ 70, 2, R. 5); Imperfect יִוָּלֵד Genesis 17:17 + 4 times; יִוָּ֑לֶד Isaiah 66:8; וַיִּוָּלֵד Genesis 4:18 + 2 times, etc.; Infinitive הִוָּ֑לֶד Genesis 21:5; הִוָּֽלְדוֹ Ecclesiastes 7:1; הִוָּֽֽֽלְדָהּ Hosea 2:5 [Hosea 2:3]; Participle נוֺלָד 1 Kings 13:2 + 3 times (Genesis 21:3 see above); נוֺלָדִים Genesis 48:5; 1 Chronicles 7:21; — be born: of human beings, followed by לְ (born to such and such a man), Genesis 4:18; Genesis 10:1; Genesis 17:17; Genesis 21:3, 5; Genesis 46:20; Genesis 48:5; Numbers 26:60; Deuteronomy 23:9 [Deuteronomy 23:8]; 2 Samuel 3:2 (Qr), 2 Samuel 5:13; 2 Samuel 14:27; 1 Chronicles 2:3, 9; 1 Chronicles 3:1, 4, 5; 1 Chronicles 20:6, 8; 1 Chronicles 22:9; 1 Chronicles 26:6; Job 1:2 compare 1 Kings 13:2; without לְ, Job 3:3; Job 38:21; Psalm 78:6; 1 Chronicles 7:21; Ecclesiastes 7:1 (טוֹבמִשֶּׁמֶן שֵׁם טוֹב הִוָּֽלְדֽוֹ׃ מִיּוֹם וְיוֹם); metaphor of Israel (under figure of unfaithful wife) Hosea 2:5 [Hosea 2:3]; of nation, גּוֺי, Isaiah 66:8; people, עַם, Psalm 22:32; of animals Leviticus 22:27; Deuteronomy 15:19; Participle כָּלנָֿשִׁים וְהַנּוֺלָד מֵהֶם Ezra 10:3; with predicate or appositive on which emphasis rests, רָ֑שׁ נ׳ Ecclesiastes 4:14 he was born poor; אֹהֵב הָרֵ֑ע וְאָח לְצָרָה יִוָּלֵד Proverbs 17:17; עַיִר פרא אדם יִוָּלֵד Job 11:12; Job 15:7.
Pi. Infinitive יַלֶּדְכֶן Exodus 1:16 Participle absolute מְיַלֶּדֶת Genesis 35:17 + 2 times; plural absolute מְיִלְּדוֺת Exodus 1:15 + 5 times in Exodus 1; — cause (or help) to bring forth, namely, assist or tend as midwife Exodus 1:16 followed by accusative; elsewhere only Participle feminine as substantive = midwife; Genesis 35:17 (E), Genesis 38:28 (J), Exodus 1:15, 17, 18, 19 (twice in verse); Exodus 1:20, 21 (E).
Pu. Perfect יֻלַּד Genesis 4:26 + 13 times; יוּלַּד Judges 18:29; יֻלָּד֨ Genesis 41:50; יוּלָּ֑ד Job 5:7; יֻלְּדוּ Genesis 6:1 + 4 times + 2 Samuel 3:2 Kt (Qr וַיִּוָּֽלְדוּ); יֻלָּ֑דוּ Psalm 90:2, etc.; Participle (? compare Köi. 433; Ges§ 52, 2, R. 6) הַיוּלָּד Judges 13:8 (Böii. p. 244 passive Qal); i.q. [the same as] Niph. be born, followed by לְ of father Genesis 4:26; Genesis 6:1; Genesis 10:21, 25; Genesis 24:15 (all J), Genesis 41:50 (E), Genesis 35:26; Genesis 36:5; Genesis 46:22, 27 (all P), Judges 18:29; 2 Samuel 3:2, 5; 2 Samuel 21:20, 22; 1 Chronicles 1:19; Jeremiah 20:15; followed by לְ before grandmother's name Ruth 4:17 compare לָ֫נוּ Isaiah 9:5; followed by לְ of purpose, destiny, אדם לעמל יוּלָּד֑ Job 5:7; יֻלְּדוּ עַלבִּֿרְכֵי יוֺסֵף Genesis 50:23 (E; בִּימֵי יו׳, cit. Di) denoting recognition of children as his; no preposition Jeremiah 20:14; Jeremiah 22:26, compare Judges 13:8 (see above); figurative of foreigners incorporated in spiritual Zion Psalm 87:4; Psalm 87:5; Psalm 87:6; of production of mountains Psalm 90:2.
Hiph. Perfect הוֺלִיד Genesis 11:27 +; הוֺלִד Numbers 26:58; הֹלִיד 1 Chronicles 2:36 +; suffix וְהוֺלִידָהּ consecutive Isaiah 55:10; הוֺלַדְ֫תָּ Genesis 48:6, etc.; Imperfect יוֺלִיד Genesis 17:20; Ecclesiastes 6:3; וַיּ֫וֺלֶד Genesis 5:3 +; 2nd person masculine singular תּוֺלִיד Deuteronomy 4:25 + 4 times; אוֺלִיד Isaiah 66:9; Imperative הוֺלִי֫דוּ Jeremiah 29:6; Infinitive absolute הוֺלֵיד Isaiah 59:4; construct suffix הוֺלִידוֺ Genesis 5:4 + 16 times; Participle מוֺלִיד Isaiah 66:9; מוֺלִדִים Jeremiah 16:3; —
1. beget (a father a child) Genesis 5:3, 4 (twice in verse) + 56 times in Genesis; Leviticus 25:45; Numbers 26:29, 58 (all these P, see below Qal) + Deuteronomy 4:25; Deuteronomy 28:41 (see Di), 1 Chronicles 2:10 (twice in verse); 1 Chronicles 2:11 (twice in verse) + 84 times Chronicles; Ruth 4:18 + 8 times, Judges 11:1; 2 Kings 20:18 = Isaiah 39:7; Jeremiah 29:6; Ezekiel 18:10, 14; Ezekiel 47:22; Ecclesiastes 5:13; Ecclesiastes 6:3, compare Isaiah 45:10; also Jeremiah 16:3 אֲבוֺתָם הַמּוֺלִדִים אוֺתָם, compare frequently Assyr. abu banuûa, e.g. VR 1:8; figurative of producing dewdrops Job 38:28; of causing the earth to bear grain Isaiah 55:10, causing Zion to bring forth Isaiah 66:9.
2. bear, only figurative Isaiah 59:4 (|| הָרוֺ), of wicked, bringing forth iniquity (this favoured by context others, beget).
Hoph. Infinitive חֻלֶּ֫דֶת Genesis 40:20; Ezekiel 16:5; הוּלֶּ֫דֶת Ezekiel 16:4 (Co as foregoing); only אֶתֿ יוֺם ה׳ Genesis 40:20; Ezekiel 16:4, 5 day of one's being born = birthday.
Hithp. Imperfect וַיִּתְיִלְּדוּ Numbers 1:18 denominative from תולדת declared their pedigree (see Di).
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Genesis

3:16; 3:16; 4:1; 4:1; 4:2; 4:18; 4:18; 4:18; 4:18; 4:26; 4:26; 5:3; 5:3; 5:4; 5:4; 6:1; 6:1; 6:2; 10:1; 10:8; 10:13; 10:15; 10:21; 10:24; 10:25; 10:26; 11:27; 16:11; 17:17; 17:17; 17:17; 17:19; 17:20; 18:13; 21:3; 21:3; 21:3; 21:5; 21:5; 22:23; 24:15; 25:3; 30:3; 30:39; 30:39; 31:8; 35:16; 35:17; 35:17; 35:17; 35:26; 36:5; 38:27; 38:28; 38:28; 40:20; 40:20; 41:50; 41:50; 46:20; 46:22; 46:27; 48:5; 48:5; 48:6; 50:23; 50:23

Exodus

1; 1:15; 1:15; 1:16; 1:16; 1:17; 1:18; 1:19; 1:20; 1:21

Leviticus

22:27; 25:45

Numbers

1:18; 11:12; 11:12; 11:12; 26:29; 26:58; 26:58; 26:60

Deuteronomy

4:25; 4:25; 15:19; 23:8; 28:41; 32:18; 32:18; 32:18

Judges

11:1; 13:8; 13:8; 18:29; 18:29

Ruth

4:17; 4:18

1 Samuel

4:19; 14:19

2 Samuel

3:2; 3:2; 3:2; 3:5; 5:13; 14:27; 21:20; 21:22

1 Kings

3:17; 3:17; 3:18; 3:18; 3:26; 3:26; 3:27; 3:27; 13:2; 13:2

2 Kings

19:3; 20:18

1 Chronicles

1:10; 1:11; 1:13; 1:18; 1:19; 1:20; 2:3; 2:3; 2:9; 2:10; 2:11; 2:36; 3:1; 3:4; 3:5; 3:5; 7:21; 7:21; 14:4; 14:4; 20:6; 20:8; 20:8; 22:9; 26:6

Ezra

10:3

Job

1:2; 3:3; 3:12; 5:7; 5:7; 11:12; 14:1; 15:7; 15:35; 15:35; 38:21; 38:28; 38:29; 39:1; 39:2

Psalms

2:7; 2:7; 7:15; 7:15; 48:7; 78:6; 87:4; 87:5; 87:6; 90:2; 90:2

Proverbs

17:17; 17:21; 17:21; 17:25; 23:23; 23:24; 23:25; 27:1; 27:1

Ecclesiastes

4:14; 5:13; 6:3; 6:3; 7:1; 7:1

Isaiah

9:5; 13:8; 21:3; 23:4; 26:18; 33:11; 37:3; 39:7; 42:14; 45:10; 51:18; 54:1; 55:10; 55:10; 59:4; 59:4; 65:23; 66:7; 66:8; 66:8; 66:8; 66:9; 66:9; 66:9

Jeremiah

2:27; 6:24; 13:21; 14:5; 16:3; 16:3; 16:3; 17:11; 17:11; 20:14; 20:15; 22:23; 22:26; 29:6; 29:6; 29:6; 30:6; 30:6; 30:6; 31:18; 49:24; 50:12; 50:43

Ezekiel

16:4; 16:4; 16:5; 16:5; 16:20; 18:10; 18:14; 23:4; 23:37; 31:6; 47:22

Daniel

11:6

Hosea

2:3; 2:3; 5:7; 9:11; 13:13; 13:13

Micah

4:9; 4:10; 5:2

Zechariah

13:3

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3205 matches the Hebrew יָלַד (yālaḏ),
which occurs 500 times in 403 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 3 / 9 (Gen 30:19–Lev 22:27)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:19 -

Then Leah conceived again and bore Jacob a sixth son.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:20 -

“God has given me a good gift,” Leah said. “This time my husband will honor me because I have borne six sons for him,” and she named him Zebulun.[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:21 -

Later, Leah bore a daughter and named her Dinah.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:23 -

She conceived and bore a son, and she said, “God has taken away my disgrace.”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:25 -

After Rachel gave birth to Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, “Send me on my way so that I can return to my homeland.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:39 -

The flocks bred in front of the branches and bore streaked, speckled, and spotted young.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:8 -

“If he said, ‘The spotted sheep will be your wages,’ then all the sheep were born spotted. If he said, ‘The streaked sheep will be your wages,’ then all the sheep were born streaked.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:43 -

Then Laban answered Jacob, “The daughters are my daughters; the children, my children; and the flocks, my flocks! Everything you see is mine! But what can I do today for these daughters of mine or for the children they have borne?

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:1 -

Leah’s daughter Dinah, whom Leah bore to Jacob, went out to see some of the young women of the area.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:16 -

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

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:17 -

During her difficult labor, the midwife said to her, “Don’t be afraid, for you have another son.”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:26 -

The sons of Leah’s slave Zilpah

were Gad and Asher.

These are the sons of Jacob, who were born to him in Paddan-aram.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:4 -

Adah bore Eliphaz to Esau, Basemath bore Reuel,

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:5 -

and Oholibamah bore Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. These were Esau’s sons, who were born to him in the land of Canaan.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:12 -

Timna, a concubine of Esau’s son Eliphaz,

bore Amalek to Eliphaz.

These are the sons of Esau’s wife Adah.

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These are the sons of Esau’s wife Oholibamah

daughter of Anah and granddaughter[fn] of Zibeon:

She bore Jeush, Jalam, and Korah to Edom.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:3 -

She conceived and gave birth to a son, and he named him Er.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:4 -

She conceived again, gave birth to a son, and named him Onan.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:5 -

She gave birth to another son and named him Shelah. It was at Chezib that[fn][fn] she gave birth to him.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:27 -

When the time came for her to give birth, there were twins in her womb.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:28 -

As she was giving birth, one of them put out his hand, and the midwife took it and tied a scarlet thread around it, announcing, “This one came out first.”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:20 -

On the third day, which was Pharaoh’s birthday, he gave a feast for all his servants. He elevated[fn] the chief cupbearer and the chief baker among his servants.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:50 -

Two sons were born to Joseph before the years of famine arrived. Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest at On, bore them to him.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:27 -

“Your servant my father said to us, ‘You know that my wife bore me two sons.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:15 -

These were Leah’s sons born to Jacob in Paddan-aram, as well as his daughter Dinah. The total number of persons:[fn] thirty-three.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:18 -

These were the sons of Zilpah ​— ​whom Laban gave to his daughter Leah ​— ​that she bore to Jacob: sixteen persons.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:20 -

Manasseh and Ephraim were born to Joseph in the land of Egypt. They were born to him by Asenath daughter of Potiphera, a priest at On.[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:22 -

These were Rachel’s sons who were born to Jacob: fourteen persons.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:25 -

These were the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to his daughter Rachel. She bore to Jacob: seven persons.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:27 -

And Joseph’s sons who were born to him in Egypt: two persons.

All those of Jacob’s household who came to Egypt: seventy[fn] persons.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:5 -

“Your two sons born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you in Egypt are now mine. Ephraim and Manasseh belong to me just as Reuben and Simeon do.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:6 -

“Children born to you after them will be yours and will be recorded under the names of their brothers with regard to their inheritance.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:23 -

He saw Ephraim’s sons to the third generation; the sons of Manasseh’s son Machir were recognized by[fn][fn] Joseph.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:15 -

The king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives ​— ​the first, whose name was Shiphrah, and the second, whose name was Puah ​— ​

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“When you help the Hebrew women give birth, observe them as they deliver. If the child is a son, kill him, but if it’s a daughter, she may live.”

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The midwives, however, feared God and did not do as the king of Egypt had told them; they let the boys live.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:18 -

So the king of Egypt summoned the midwives and asked them, “Why have you done this and let the boys live? ”

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:19 -

The midwives said to Pharaoh, “The Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women, for they are vigorous and give birth before the midwife can get to them.”

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:20 -

So God was good to the midwives, and the people multiplied and became very numerous.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:21 -

Since the midwives feared God, he gave them families.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:2 -

The woman became pregnant and gave birth to a son; when she saw that he was beautiful,[fn] she hid him for three months.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:22 -

She gave birth to a son whom he named Gershom,[fn] for he said, “I have been a resident alien in a foreign land.”

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:20 -

Amram married his father’s sister Jochebed,

and she bore him Aaron and Moses.

Amram lived 137 years.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:23 -

Aaron married Elisheba,

daughter of Amminadab and sister of Nahshon.

She bore him Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

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Aaron’s son Eleazar married

one of the daughters of Putiel,

and she bore him Phinehas.

These are the heads of the Levite families by their clans.

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“If his master gives him a wife and she bears him sons or daughters, the wife and her children belong to her master, and the man must leave alone.

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“Tell the Israelites: When a woman becomes pregnant and gives birth to a male child, she will be unclean seven days, as she is during the days of her menstrual impurity.

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“But if she gives birth to a female child, she will be unclean for two weeks as she is during her menstrual impurity. She will continue in purification from her bleeding for sixty-six days.

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“He will present them before the LORD and make atonement on her behalf; she will be clean from her discharge of blood. This is the law for a woman giving birth, whether to a male or female.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:27 -

“When an ox, sheep, or goat is born, it is to remain with[fn] its mother for seven days; from the eighth day on, it will be acceptable as an offering, a food offering to the LORD.


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