Now as Jesus was passing by, ¹  he saw a man who had been blind from birth.

She ¹  was pregnant and was screaming in labor pains, struggling ²  to give birth.

From whose womb does the ice emerge, and the frost from the sky, ¹  who gives birth to it,

Then when desire conceives, it gives birth to sin, and when sin is full grown, it gives birth to death.

We are Jews by birth ¹  and not Gentile sinners, ² 

Joy and gladness will come ¹  to you, and many will rejoice at ²  his birth, ³ 

six ¹  of their names on one stone, and the six remaining names on the second stone, according to the order of their birth. ² 

All ¹  these things are the beginning of birth pains.

You have forgotten ¹  the Rock who fathered you, and put out of mind the God who gave you birth.

Ephraim will be like a bird; what they value ¹  will fly away. They will not bear children – they will not enjoy pregnancy – they will not even conceive! ² 

“Why did I not ²  die ³  at birth, ⁴  and why did I not expire as ⁵  I came out of the womb?

Now the time came ¹  for Elizabeth to have her baby, ²  and she gave birth to a son.

Before she goes into labor, she gives birth! Before her contractions begin, she delivers a boy!

They conceive ¹  trouble and bring forth evil; their belly ²  prepares deception.”

“This is what Hezekiah says: ¹  ‘This is a day of distress, insults, ²  and humiliation, ³  as when a baby is ready to leave the birth canal, but the mother lacks the strength to push it through. ⁴ 

“Are you acquainted with the way ¹  the mountain goats ²  give birth? Do you watch as the wild deer give birth to their young?

Haran died in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldeans, ¹  while his father Terah was still alive. ² 

When the time came for Rebekah to give birth, ¹  there were ²  twins in her womb.

After this Job opened his mouth ²  and cursed ³  the day he was born. ⁴ 

The wicked turn aside from birth; ¹  liars go astray as soon as they are born. ²