Lexicon :: Strong's G3388 - mētra

for the LORD had completely closed all the wombs in Abimelech’s household on account of Sarah, Abraham’s wife.

When the LORD saw that Leah was neglected, he opened her womb; but Rachel was unable to conceive.

Then God remembered Rachel. He listened to her and opened her womb.

“by the God of your father who helps you,

and by the Almighty who blesses you

with blessings of the heavens above,

blessings of the deep that lies below,

and blessings of the breasts and the womb.

“Consecrate every firstborn male to me, the firstborn from every womb among the Israelites, both man and domestic animal; it is mine.”

“you are to present to the LORD every firstborn male of the womb. All firstborn offspring of the livestock you own that are males will be the LORD’s.

“When Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go, the LORD killed every firstborn male in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of humans and the firstborn of livestock. That is why I sacrifice to the LORD all the firstborn of the womb that are males, but I redeem all the firstborn of my sons.’

“The firstborn male from every womb belongs to me, including all your male[fn][fn] livestock, the firstborn of cattle or sheep.

“See, I have taken the Levites from the Israelites in place of every firstborn Israelite from the womb. The Levites belong to me,

“For they have been exclusively assigned to me from the Israelites. I have taken them for myself in place of all who come first from the womb, every Israelite firstborn.

“Please don’t let her be like a dead baby[fn] whose flesh is half eaten away when he comes out of his mother’s womb.”

“The firstborn of every living thing, human or animal, presented to the LORD belongs to you. But you must certainly redeem a human firstborn, and redeem the firstborn of an unclean animal.

followed the Israelite man into the tent,[fn] and drove it through both the Israelite man and the woman ​— ​through her belly. Then the plague on the Israelites was stopped,

But he gave a double[fn] portion to Hannah, for he loved her even though the LORD had kept her from conceiving.

The woman whose son was alive spoke to the king because she felt great compassion[fn] for her son. “My lord, give her the living baby,” she said, “but please don’t have him killed! ”

But the other one said, “He will not be mine or yours. Cut him in two! ”

Or why was I not hidden like a miscarried child,

like infants who never see daylight?

I was given over to you at birth;[fn]

you have been my God from my mother’s womb.

The wicked go astray from the womb;

liars wander about from birth.

I chose you before I formed you in the womb;

I set you apart before you were born.

I appointed you a prophet to the nations.

because he didn’t kill me in the womb

so that my mother might have been my grave,

her womb eternally pregnant.

“When they sacrificed every firstborn in the fire,[fn] I defiled them through their gifts in order to devastate them so they would know that I am the LORD.’

Give them, LORD —

What should you give?

Give them a womb that miscarries

and breasts that are dry!

The LORD says:

I will not relent from punishing Edom

for three crimes, even four,

because he pursued his brother with the sword.

He stifled his compassion,

his anger tore at him continually,

and he harbored his rage incessantly.