Birth

And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright.
And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me?
And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob.
Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentils; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised his birthright.   Genesis 25:31-34 

And he said, Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he hath supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright; and, behold, now he hath taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me?
And Isaac answered and said unto Esau, Behold, I have made him thy lord, and all his brethren have I given to him for servants; and with corn and wine have I sustained him: and what shall I do now unto thee, my son?
And Esau said unto his father, Hast thou but one blessing, my father? bless me, even me also, O my father. And Esau lifted up his voice, and wept.   Genesis 27:36-38 

And it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh's birthday, that he made a feast unto all his servants: and he lifted up the head of the chief butler and of the chief baker among his servants.   Genesis 40:20 

And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth: and the men marveled one at another.   Genesis 43:33 

Six of their names on one stone, and the other six names of the rest on the other stone, according to their birth.   Exodus 28:10 

And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and blasphemy; for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.   2 Kings 19:3 

Now the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel, (for he was the firstborn; but forasmuch as he defiled his father's bed, his birthright was given unto the sons of Joseph the son of Israel: and the genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright.
For Judah prevailed above his brethren, and of him came the chief ruler; but the birthright was Joseph's:)
The sons, I say, of Reuben the firstborn of Israel were, Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.   1 Chronicles 5:1-3 

Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants which never saw light.   Job 3:16 

As a snail which melteth, let every one of them pass away: like the untimely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sun.   Psalm 58:8 

If a man beget an hundred children, and live many years, so that the days of his years be many, and his soul be not filled with good, and also that he have no burial; I say, that an untimely birth is better than he.   Ecclesiastes 6:3 

A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's birth.   Ecclesiastes 7:1 

And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.   Isaiah 37:3 

Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? saith the LORD: shall I cause to bring forth, and shut the womb? saith thy God.   Isaiah 66:9 

And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD unto Jerusalem; Thy birth and thy nativity is of the land of Canaan; thy father was an Amorite, and thy mother an Hittite.   Ezekiel 16:3 

As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird, from the birth, and from the womb, and from the conception.   Hosea 9:11 

Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.   Matthew 1:18 

But when Herod's birthday was kept, the daughter of Herodias danced before them, and pleased Herod.   Matthew 14:6 

And when a convenient day was come, that Herod on his birthday made a supper to his lords, high captains, and chief estates of Galilee;
And when the daughter of the said Herodias came in, and danced, and pleased Herod and them that sat with him, the king said unto the damsel, Ask of me whatsoever thou wilt, and I will give it thee.   Mark 6:21, 22 

And thou shalt have joy and gladness; and many shall rejoice at his birth.   Luke 1:14 

And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth.   John 9:1 

My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you,
I desire to be present with you now, and to change my voice; for I stand in doubt of you.   Galatians 4:19, 20 

Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright.   Hebrews 12:16 

And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered.   Revelation 12:2 

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