Lexicon :: Strong's H990 - beṭen

And the LORD said to her:

Two nations are in your womb;

two peoples will come from you and be separated.

One people will be stronger than the other,

and the older will serve the younger.

Jacob became angry with Rachel and said, “Am I in the place of God? He has withheld offspring[fn] from you! ”

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

“at this point the priest will make the woman take the oath with the sworn curse, and he is to say to her ​— ​‘May the LORD make you into an object of your people’s cursing and swearing when he makes your womb[fn] shrivel and your belly swell.

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

“He will love you, bless you, and multiply you. He will bless your offspring,[fn] and the produce of your land ​— ​your grain, new wine, and fresh oil ​— ​the young of your herds, and the newborn of your flocks, in the land he swore to your ancestors that he would give you.

“Your offspring[fn] will be blessed,

and your land’s produce,

and the offspring of your livestock,

including the young of your herds

and the newborn of your flocks.

“The LORD will make you prosper abundantly with offspring,[fn] the offspring of your livestock, and your land’s produce in the land the LORD swore to your ancestors to give you.

“Your offspring will be cursed,

and your land’s produce,

the young of your herds,

and the newborn of your flocks.

“You will eat your offspring,[fn] the flesh of your sons and daughters the LORD your God has given you during the siege and hardship your enemy imposes on you.

“The LORD your God will make you prosper abundantly in all the work of your hands, your offspring,[fn] 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 ancestors,

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

“for indeed, you will conceive and give birth to a son. You must never cut his hair,[fn] because the boy will be a Nazirite to God from birth, and he will begin to save Israel from the power of the Philistines.”

“He said to me, ‘You will conceive and give birth to a son. Therefore, do not drink wine or beer, and do not eat anything unclean, because the boy will be a Nazirite to God from birth until the day of his death.’ ”

he told her the whole truth and said to her, “My hair has never been cut,[fn] because I am a Nazirite to God from birth. If I am shaved, my strength will leave me, and I will become weak and be like any other man.”

The capitals on the two pillars were also immediately above the rounded surface next to the grating, and two hundred pomegranates were in rows encircling each[fn] capital.

saying:

Naked I came from my mother’s womb,

and naked I will leave this life.[fn]

The LORD gives, and the LORD takes away.

Blessed be the name of the LORD.

For that night did not shut

the doors of my mother’s womb,

and hide sorrow from my eyes.

“I wish[fn] I had never existed

but had been carried from the womb to the grave.

Does a wise man answer with empty[fn] counsel

or fill himself[fn] with the hot east wind?

They conceive trouble and give birth to evil;

their womb prepares deception.

My breath is offensive to my wife,

and my own family[fn] finds me repulsive.

He swallows wealth but must vomit it up;

God will force it from his stomach.

Because his appetite is never satisfied,[fn]

he does not let anything he desires escape.

When he fills his stomach,

God will send his burning anger against him,

raining it down on him while he is eating.[fn]

Did not the one who made me in the womb also make them?

Did not the same God form us both in the womb?

for from my youth, I raised him as his father,

and since the day I was born[fn] I guided the widow —

For I am full of words,

and my spirit[fn] compels me to speak.

Whose womb did the ice come from?

Who gave birth to the frost of heaven

Look at the strength of his back[fn]

and the power in the muscles of his belly.

With your hand, LORD, save me from men,

from men of the world

whose portion is in this life:

You fill their bellies with what you have in store;

their sons are satisfied,

and they leave their surplus to their children.

It was you who brought me out of the womb,

making me secure at my mother’s breast.

Be gracious to me, LORD,

because I am in distress;

my eyes are worn out from frustration —

my whole being[fn] as well.

For we have sunk down to the dust;

our bodies cling to the ground.

The wicked go astray from the womb;

liars wander about from birth.

I have leaned on you from birth;

you took me from my mother’s womb.

My praise is always about you.

Sons are indeed a heritage from the LORD,

offspring, a reward.

The LORD swore an oath to David,

a promise he will not abandon:

“I will set one of your offspring[fn]

on your throne.

For it was you who created my inward parts;[fn]

you knit me together in my mother’s womb.

A righteous person eats until he is satisfied,

but the stomach of the wicked is empty.

A gossip’s words are like choice food

that goes down to one’s innermost being.[fn]

From the fruit of a person’s mouth his stomach is satisfied;

he is filled with the product of his lips.

The LORD’s lamp sheds light on a person’s life,[fn]

searching the innermost parts.[fn]

Lashes and wounds purge away evil,

and beatings cleanse the innermost parts.[fn]