Quotes about Motherhood
And God listened to Leah, and she conceived and bore a fifth son to Jacob.
— Genesis 30:17
Again Leah conceived and bore a sixth son to Jacob.
— Genesis 30:19
“God has given me a good gift,” she said. “This time my husband will honor me, because I have borne him six sons.” And she named him Zebulun.
— Genesis 30:20
After that, Leah gave birth to a daughter and named her Dinah.
— Genesis 30:21
and she conceived and gave birth to a son. “God has taken away my shame,” she said.
— Genesis 30:23
Then she gave birth to another son and named him Shelah; it was at Chezib that she gave birth to him.
— Genesis 38:5
When the time came for Tamar to give birth, there were twins in her womb.
— Genesis 38:27
Naphtali is a doe set free that bears beautiful fawns.
— Genesis 49:21
Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Take this child and nurse him for me, and I will pay your wages.” So the woman took the boy and nursed him.
— Exodus 2:9
No woman in your land will miscarry or be barren; I will fulfill the number of your days.
— Exodus 23:26
If, however, she gives birth to a daughter, the woman will be unclean for two weeks as she is during her menstruation. Then she must continue in purification from her bleeding for sixty-six days.
— Leviticus 12:5
The most gentle and refined woman among you, so gentle and refined she would not venture to set the sole of her foot on the ground, will begrudge the husband she embraces and her son and daughter
— Deuteronomy 28:56