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…and He declared to her: “Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples from within you will be separated; one people will be stronger than the other, and the older will serve the younger.”

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

Jacob became angry with Rachel and said, “Am I in the place of God, who has withheld children from you?”

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

…and the priest shall have the woman swear under the oath of the curse—‘then may the LORD make you an attested curse among your people by making your thigh shrivel and your belly swell.

May this water that brings a curse enter your stomach and cause your belly to swell and your thigh to shrivel.’ Then the woman is to say, ‘Amen, Amen.’

When he has made her drink the water, if she has defiled herself and been unfaithful to her husband, then the water that brings a curse will enter her and cause bitter suffering; her belly will swell, her thigh will shrivel, and she will become accursed among her people.

He will love you and bless you and multiply you. He will bless the fruit of your womb and the produce of your land—your grain, new wine, and oil, the young of your herds and the lambs of your flocks—in the land that He swore to your fathers to give you.

The fruit of your womb will be blessed, as well as the produce of your land and the offspring of your livestock—the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks.

The LORD will make you prosper abundantly—in the fruit of your womb, the offspring of your livestock, and the produce of your land—in the land that the LORD swore to your fathers to give you.

The fruit of your womb will be cursed, as well as the produce of your land, the calves of your herds, and the lambs of your flocks.

Then you will eat the fruit of your womb, the flesh of the sons and daughters whom the LORD your God has given you, in the siege and distress that your enemy will inflict on you.

So the LORD your God will make you abound in all the work of your hands and in the fruit of your womb, the offspring of your livestock, and the produce of your land. Indeed, the LORD will again delight in your prosperity, as He delighted in that of your fathers,

And Ehud reached with his left hand, pulled the sword from his right thigh, and plunged it into Eglon’s belly.

Even the handle sank in after the blade, and Eglon’s fat closed in over it, so that Ehud did not withdraw the sword from his belly. And Eglon’s bowels emptied.

For behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son. And no razor shall touch his head, because the boy will be a Nazirite to God from the womb, and he will begin the deliverance of Israel from the hand of the Philistines.”

But he said to me, ‘Behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son. Now, therefore, do not drink wine or strong drink, and do not eat anything unclean, because the boy will be a Nazirite to God from the womb until the day of his death.’”

Samson told her all that was in his heart: “My hair has never been cut, because I have been a Nazirite to God from my mother’s womb. If I am shaved, my strength will leave me, and I will become as weak as any other man.”

On the capitals of both pillars, just above the rounded projection next to the network, were the two hundred pomegranates in rows encircling each capital.

…saying: “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will return. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away. Blessed be the name of the LORD.”

For that night did not shut the doors of the womb to hide the sorrow from my eyes.

Why did I not perish at birth; why did I not die as I came from the womb?

If only I had never come to be, but had been carried from the womb to the grave.

“Does a wise man answer with empty counsel or fill his belly with the hot east wind?

They conceive trouble and give birth to evil; their womb is pregnant with deceit.”

My breath is repulsive to my wife, and I am loathsome to my own family.

He swallows wealth but vomits it out; God will force it from his stomach.

Because his appetite is never satisfied, he cannot escape with his treasure.

When he has filled his stomach, God will vent His fury upon him, raining it down on him as he eats.

Did not He who made me in the womb also make them? Did not the same One form us in the womb?

…though from my youth I reared him as would a father, and from my mother’s womb I guided the widow—

For I am full of words, and my spirit within me compels me.

Behold, my belly is like unvented wine; it is about to burst like a new wineskin.

From whose womb does the ice emerge? Who gives birth to the frost from heaven,

See the strength of his loins and the power in the muscles of his belly.

…from such men, O LORD, by Your hand—from men of the world whose portion is in this life. May You fill the bellies of Your treasured ones and satisfy their sons, so they leave their abundance to their children.

Yet You brought me forth from the womb; You made me secure at my mother’s breast.

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

Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I am in distress; my eyes fail from sorrow, my soul and body as well.

For our soul has sunk to the dust; our bodies cling to the earth.

The wicked are estranged from the womb; the liars go astray from birth.

I have leaned on You since birth; You pulled me from my mother’s womb. My praise is always for You.

Children are indeed a heritage from the LORD, and the fruit of the womb is His reward.

The LORD swore an oath to David, a promise He will not revoke: “One of your descendants I will place on your throne.

For You formed my inmost being; You knit me together in my mother’s womb.

A righteous man eats to his heart’s content, but the stomach of the wicked is empty.

The words of a gossip are like choice morsels that go down into the inmost being.

From the fruit of his mouth a man’s belly is filled; with the harvest from his lips he is satisfied.

The spirit of a man is the lamp of the LORD, searching out his inmost being.

Lashes and wounds scour evil, and beatings cleanse the inmost parts.