You know, for you were born before them; ¹  and the number of your days is great!

The Lord writes in the census book of the nations, ¹  “This one was born there.” ²  (Selah)

For he came out of prison ¹  to become king, even though he had been born poor in what would become his ²  kingdom.

Though the stillborn child ¹  came into the world ²  for no reason ³  and departed into darkness, though its name is shrouded in darkness, ⁴ 

Your two breasts are like two fawns, twins of the gazelle grazing among the lilies.

But they did not have a child, because Elizabeth was barren, ¹  and they were both very old. ² 

Today ¹  your Savior is born in the city ²  of David. ³  He is Christ ⁴  the Lord.

So his parents replied, ¹  “We know that this is our son and that he was born blind.

Never before ¹  has anyone heard of someone causing a man born blind to see. ² 

And how is it that each one of us hears them ¹  in our own native language? ² 

Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya near Cyrene, ¹  and visitors from Rome, ² 

Not only that, but when Rebekah had conceived children by one man, ¹  our ancestor Isaac –

For ¹  neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for ²  anything; the only thing that matters is a new creation! ³ 

The Nephilim ¹  were on the earth in those days (and also after this) ²  when the sons of God were having sexual relations with ³  the daughters of humankind, who gave birth to their children. ⁴  They were the mighty heroes ⁵  of old, the famous men. ⁶ 

“If men fight and hit a pregnant woman and her child is born prematurely, ¹  but there is no serious injury, he will surely be punished in accordance with what the woman’s husband demands of him, and he will pay what the court decides. ² 

Even if a man fathers a hundred children and lives many years – even if he lives a long, long time, ¹  but cannot enjoy his prosperity – even if he were to live forever ²  – I would say, “A stillborn child ³  is better off than he is!” ⁴ 

“Shout for joy, O barren one who has not given birth! Give a joyful shout and cry out, you who have not been in labor! For the children of the desolate one are more numerous than the children of the married woman,” says the Lord.

Now Sarai, ¹  Abram’s wife, had not given birth to any children, ²  but she had an Egyptian servant ³  named Hagar. ⁴ 

But I will establish my covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this set time next year.”

All the men of his household, whether born in his household or bought with money from a foreigner, were circumcised with him.