Quotes about Motherhood
Leah said, “How happy I am! For the women call me happy.” So she named him Asher.
- Genesis 30:13
And God listened to Leah, and she conceived and bore a fifth son to Jacob.
- Genesis 30:17
Again Leah conceived and bore a sixth son to Jacob.
- Genesis 30:19
“God has given me a good gift,” she said. “This time my husband will honor me, because I have borne him six sons.” And she named him Zebulun.
- Genesis 30:20
After that, Leah gave birth to a daughter and named her Dinah.
- Genesis 30:21
and she conceived and gave birth to a son. “God has taken away my shame,” she said.
- Genesis 30:23
Then she gave birth to another son and named him Shelah; it was at Chezib that she gave birth to him.
- Genesis 38:5
When the time came for Tamar to give birth, there were twins in her womb.
- Genesis 38:27
Naphtali is a doe set free that bears beautiful fawns.
- Genesis 49:21
Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Take this child and nurse him for me, and I will pay your wages.” So the woman took the boy and nursed him.
- Exodus 2:9
No woman in your land will miscarry or be barren; I will fulfill the number of your days.
- Exodus 23:26
If, however, she gives birth to a daughter, the woman will be unclean for two weeks as she is during her menstruation. Then she must continue in purification from her bleeding for sixty-six days.
- Leviticus 12:5