Psalms 127:3
Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
Loe, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the wombe is his reward.
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- Psalms 128:3–4Rank 1 from verse 3
3Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.
4Behold, that thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the Lord.
3Thy wife shalbe as a fruitful Uine by the sides of thine house, thy children like Oliue plants: round about thy table.
4Beholde that thus shall the man be blessed; that feareth the LORD.
- Deuteronomy 28:4Rank 2 from verse 3
4Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.
4Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattell, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheepe.
- 1 Samuel 1:27Rank 3 from verse 3
- Genesis 48:4Rank 4 from verse 3
4And said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a multitude of people; and will give this land to thy seed after thee for an everlasting possession.
4And said vnto me, Behold, I wil make thee fruitfull, and multiplie thee, and I will make of thee a multitude of people, and will giue this land to thy seede after thee, for an euerlasting possession.
- Genesis 33:5Rank 5 from verse 3
5And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, Who are those with thee? And he said, The children which God hath graciously given thy servant.
5And he lift vp his eyes, and sawe the women, and the children, and said, who are those †with thee? And he said, The children which God hath graciously giuen thy seruant.
- Isaiah 8:18Rank 6 from verse 3
18Behold, I and the children whom the Lord hath given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the Lord of hosts, which dwelleth in mount Zion.
18*Behold, I, and the children whom the LORD hath giuen me, are for signes, and for wonders in Israel: from the LORD of hostes, which dwelleth in mount Zion.
- Genesis 1:28Rank 7 from verse 3
28And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
28And God blessed them, and God said vnto them, *Be fruitfull, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it, and haue dominion ouer the fish of the sea, and ouer the foule of the aire, and ouer euery liuing thing that †mooueth vpon the earth.
- 1 Samuel 1:19–20Rank 8 from verse 3
19¶ And they rose up in the morning early, and worshipped before the Lord, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah: and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and the Lord remembered her.
20Wherefore it came to pass, when the time was come about after Hannah had conceived, that she bare a son, and called his name Samuel, saying, Because I have asked him of the Lord.
19¶ And they rose vp in the morning early, and worshipped before the LORD, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah: and Elkanah knewe Hannah his wife, and the LORD remembred her.
20Wherefore it came to passe when the †time was come about, after Hannah had conceiued, that shee bare a sonne, and called his name †Samuel, saying; Because I haue asked him of the LORD.
- Joshua 24:3–4Rank 9 from verse 3
3And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the flood, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed, and gave him Isaac.
4And I gave unto Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave unto Esau mount Seir, to possess it; but Jacob and his children went down into Egypt.
3And I tooke your father Abraham frō the other side of the flood, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed, and *gaue him Isaac.
4And I gaue vnto Isaac, *Iacob and Esau: & I gaue vnto *Esau mount Seir, to possesse it: *but Iacob and his children went downe into Egypt.
- Genesis 24:60Rank 10 from verse 3
60And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Thou art our sister, be thou the mother of thousands of millions, and let thy seed possess the gate of those which hate them.
60And they blessed Rebekah, and said vnto her, Thou art our sister, bee thou the mother of thousands of millions, and let thy seed possesse the gate of those which hate them.
- Genesis 15:4–5Rank 11 from verse 3
4And, behold, the word of the Lord came unto him, saying, This shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir.
5And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.
4And behold, the word of the LORD came vnto him, saying; This shall not be thine heire: but he that shall come foorth out of thy owne bowels, shalbe thine heire.
5And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Looke now towards heauen, and tell the starres, if thou be able to number them. And hee said vnto him, *So shall thy seed be.
- Genesis 30:1–2Rank 12 from verse 3
1AND when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.
2And Jacob’s anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, Am I in God’s stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?
1¶ And when Rachel saw that shee bare Iacob no children, Rachel enuied her sister, and said vnto Iacob, Giue mee children, or els I die.
2And Iacobs anger was kindled against Rachel, and he said, Am I in Gods stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the wombe?
- Genesis 41:51–52Rank 13 from verse 3
51And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh: For God, said he, hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father’s house.
52And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.
51And Ioseph called the name of the first borne †Manasseh: for God, said hee, hath made me forget all my toile, and all my fathers house.
52And the name of the second called he †Ephraim: for God hath caused mee to be fruitfull in the land of my affliction.
- 1 Samuel 2:20–21Rank 14 from verse 3
20¶ And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, The Lord give thee seed of this woman for the loan which is lent to the Lord. And they went unto their own home.
21And the Lord visited Hannah, so that she conceived, and bare three sons and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew before the Lord.
20¶ And Eli blessed Elkanah, and his wife, and said, The LORD giue thee seed of this woman, for the ‖loane which is lent to the LORD. And they went vnto their owne home.
21And the LORD visited Hannah, so that shee conceiued, and bare three sonnes, and two daughters: and the child Samuel grew before the LORD.
- 1 Chronicles 28:5Rank 15 from verse 3
5And of all my sons, (for the Lord hath given me many sons,) he hath chosen Solomon my son to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of the Lord over Israel.
5*And of all my sonnes (for the LORD hath giuen me many sonnes) hee hath chosen Solomon my sonne, to sit vpon the throne of the kingdome of the LORD ouer Israel.
- Isaiah 13:18Rank 16 from verse 3
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Psalms 127:3
An exclamation meaning look, see, behold, observe, or take notice, used to call immediate attention to what follows.
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Sons or daughters; descendants; or persons likened to children by age, relation, or character.
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Inheritance, possession.
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The divine name of the living God, also named JEHOVAH.
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Sense 1: The produce borne by plants or the land. Sense 2: Offspring or increase. Sense 3: A result, product, consequence, character, or work proceeding from something.
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Sense 1: The bodily place in a female where a child is conceived and carried before birth. Sense 2: A source pictured as such a place.
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Sense 1: A benefit, payment, honour, punishment, or recompense given or received. Sense 2: As a verb, to give such a return.
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