רֶ֫חֶם

…for on account of Abraham’s wife Sarah, the LORD had completely closed all the wombs in Abimelech’s household.

When the LORD saw that Leah was unloved, He opened her womb; but Rachel was barren.

Then God remembered Rachel. He listened to her and opened her womb,

“Consecrate to Me every firstborn male. The firstborn from every womb among the Israelites belongs to Me, both of man and beast.”

…you are to present to the LORD the firstborn male of every womb. All the firstborn males of your livestock belong to the LORD.

And when Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go, the LORD killed every firstborn in the land of Egypt, both of man and beast. This is why I sacrifice to the LORD the firstborn male of every womb, but I redeem all the firstborn of my sons.’

The first offspring of every womb belongs to Me, including all the firstborn males among your livestock, whether cattle or sheep.

“Behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel in place of every firstborn Israelite from the womb. The Levites belong to Me,

For the Levites have been wholly given to Me from among the sons of Israel. I have taken them for Myself in place of all who come first from the womb, the firstborn of all the sons of Israel.

Please do not let her be like a stillborn infant whose flesh is half consumed when he comes out of his mother’s womb.”

The firstborn of every womb, whether man or beast, that is offered to the LORD belongs to you. But you must surely redeem every firstborn son and every firstborn male of unclean animals.

But to Hannah he would give a double portion, for he loved her even though the LORD had closed her womb.

Because the LORD had closed Hannah’s womb, her rival would provoke her viciously to taunt her.

Why did I not perish at birth; why did I not die as I came from the womb?

Why then did You bring me from the womb? Oh, that I had died, and no eye had seen me!

The womb forgets them; the worm feeds on them; they are remembered no more. So injustice is broken like a tree.

Did not He who made me in the womb also make them? Did not the same One form us in the womb?

Who enclosed the sea behind doors when it burst forth from the womb,

From birth I was cast upon You; from my mother’s womb You have been my God.

The wicked are estranged from the womb; the liars go astray from birth.

Your people shall be willing on Your day of battle. Arrayed in holy splendor, from the womb of the dawn, to You belongs the dew of Your youth.

“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I set you apart and appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”

…because he did not kill me in the womb so that my mother might have been my grave, and her womb forever enlarged.

Why did I come out of the womb to see only trouble and sorrow, and to end my days in shame?

Give them, O LORD—what will You give? Give them wombs that miscarry and breasts that dry up!