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Psalms 127:3

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127:3 Yes, 1  sons 2  are a gift from the Lord,

the fruit of the womb is a reward.

1 tn or “look.”

2 tn Some prefer to translate this term with the gender neutral “children,” but “sons” are plainly in view here, as the following verses make clear. Daughters are certainly wonderful additions to a family, but in ancient Israelite culture sons were the “arrows” that gave a man security in his old age, for they could defend the family interests at the city gate, where the legal and economic issues of the community were settled.



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