womb

And the LORD said vnto her, Two nations are in thy wombe, and two maner of people shall be separated from thy bowels: and the one people shalbe stronger then the other people: and the elder shall serue the yonger.

1611 marginal noteRom. 9.12.

¶ And when her dayes to be deliuered were fulfilled, behold, there were twinnes in her wombe.

¶ And when the LORD saw that Leah was hated, hee opened her wombe: but Rachel was barren.

And Iacobs anger was kindled against Rachel, and he said, Am I in Gods stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the wombe?

¶ And God remembred Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her wombe.

¶ And it came to passe in the time of her trauaile, that beholde, twinnes were in her wombe.

Euen by the God of thy father who shall helpe thee, and by the Almightie, who shall blesse thee with blessings of heauen aboue, blessings of the deepe that lyeth vnder, blessings of the breasts and of the wombe.

Sanctifie vnto me all the first borne, whatsoeuer openeth the wombe, among the children of Israel, both of man and of beast: it is mine.

1611 marginal noteChap. 22.29. and 34.19. leuit. 27.26. num. 3.13. & 8.16. luke 2.23.

For they are wholly giuen vnto me, from among the children of Israel: in stead of such as open euery wombe, euen in stead of the first borne of all the children of Israel, haue I taken them vnto me.

1611 marginal noteChap. 3.13. exod. 13.2. luke 2.23.

Let her not bee as one dead, of whom the flesh is halfe consumed, when he commeth out of his mothers wombe.