How then can a human being be righteous before God? How can one born of a woman be pure? ¹ 

The account of his intervention ¹  will be recorded for future generations; people yet to be born will praise the Lord.

When there were no deep oceans ¹  I was born, ²  when there were no springs overflowing ³  with water;

Cursed be the day I was born! May that day not be blessed when my mother gave birth to me. ¹ 

and Jacob the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, by whom ¹  Jesus was born, who is called Christ. ² 

– children not born ¹  by human parents ²  or by human desire ³  or a husband’s ⁴  decision, ⁵  but by God.

They asked the parents, ¹  “Is this your son, whom you say ²  was born blind? Then how does he now see?”

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

They replied, ¹  “You were born completely in sinfulness, ²  and yet you presume to teach us?” ³  So they threw him out.

Last of all, as though to one born at the wrong time, ¹  he appeared to me also.

You have been born anew, not from perishable but from imperishable seed, through the living and enduring word of God.

To Enoch was born Irad, and Irad was the father ¹  of Mehujael. Mehujael was the father of Methushael, and Methushael was the father of Lamech.

And a son was also born to Seth, whom he named Enosh. At that time people ¹  began to worship ²  the Lord.

This is the account ¹  of Noah’s sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Sons ²  were born ³  to them after the flood.

Two sons were born to Eber: One was named Peleg because in his days the earth was divided, ¹  and his brother’s name was Joktan.

Abram added, ¹  “Since ²  you have not given me a descendant, then look, one born in my house will be my heir!” ³ 

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

When his brother came out with ¹  his hand clutching Esau’s heel, they named him Jacob. ²  Isaac was sixty years old ³  when they were born.

The sons of Zilpah, Leah’s servant, were Gad and Asher. These were the sons of Jacob who were born to him in Paddan Aram.

and Oholibamah bore Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. These were the sons of Esau who were born to him in the land of Canaan.