OT.filter - geneva birth:

geneva@Genesis:4:1 @ And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she (note:)Man's nature, the estate of marriage, and God's blessing were not utterly abolished through sin, but the quality or condition of it was changed.(:note) conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man That is, according to the Lord's promise, as some read (Gen_3:15), «To the Lord» rejoicing for the son she had born, whom she would offer to the Lord as the first fruits of her birth. from the LORD.

geneva@Genesis:15:13 @ And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land [that is] not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them (note:)Counting from the birth of Isaac to their departure of Egypt: Which declares that God will allow his to be afflicted in this world.(:note) four hundred years;

geneva@Genesis:25:31 @ And Iaakob sayd, Sell me euen nowe thy birthright.

geneva@Genesis:25:32 @ And Esau said, Behold, I [am] at the point to die: and what (note:)The reprobate do not value God's benefits unless they feel them presently, and therefore they prefer present pleasures.(:note) profit shall this birthright do to me?

geneva@Genesis:25:33 @ And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: and he (note:)Thus the wicked prefer their worldly conveniences over God's spiritual graces: but the children of God do the opposite.(:note) sold his birthright unto Jacob.

geneva@Genesis:25:34 @ Then Iaakob gaue Esau bread and pottage of lentiles: and he did eate and drinke, and rose vp, and went his way: So Esau contemned his birthright.

geneva@Genesis:27:36 @ And he said, Is not he rightly named (note:)In (Gen_25:26) he was so called because he held his brother by the heel, as though he would overthrow him: and therefore he is here called an overthrower, or deceiver.(:note) Jacob? for he hath supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright; and, behold, now he hath taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me?

geneva@Genesis:27:42 @ And these words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebekah: and she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said unto him, Behold, thy brother Esau, (note:)He hopes to recover his birthright by killing you.(:note) as touching thee, doth comfort himself, [purposing] to kill thee.

geneva@Genesis:38:29 @ And it came to pass, as he (note:)Their heinous sin was signified by this monstrous birth.(:note) drew back his hand, that, behold, his brother came out: and she said, How Or the separation between you and your brother. hast thou broken forth? [this] breach [be] upon thee: therefore his name was called Pharez.

geneva@Genesis:40:20 @ And it came to pass the third day, [which was] Pharaoh's (note:)Which was an occasion to appoint his officers, and to examine those who were in prison.(:note) birthday, that he made a feast unto all his servants: and he lifted up the head of the chief butler and of the chief baker among his servants.

geneva@Genesis:49:3 @ Reuben, thou [art] my firstborn, my (note:)Begotten in my youth.(:note) might, and the beginning of my strength, If you have not left your birthright by your offence. the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power:

geneva@Exodus:28:10 @ Six of their names on one stone, and [the other] six names of the rest on the other stone, according to (note:)As they were in age, so should they be graven in order.(:note) their birth.

geneva@Leviticus:12:5 @ But if she bear a maid child, then she shall be unclean two (note:)Twice as long as if she gave birth to a boy.(:note) weeks, as in her separation: and she shall continue in the blood of her purifying threescore and six days.

geneva@Judges:13:7 @ But he saide vnto me, Beholde, thou shalt conceiue, and beare a sonne, and nowe thou shalt drinke no wine, nor strong drinke, neither eate any vncleane thing: for the childe shalbe a Nazarite to God from his birth to the day of his death.

geneva@2Samuel:1:1 @ Now it came to pass after the death of Saul, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had abode two days in Ziklag; (note:)The Argument - This book and the former are called Samuel, because they contain the conception, birth and the whole course of his life, and also the lives and acts of two kings, that is, of Saul and David, whom he anointed and consecrated kings by the ordinance of God. The first book contains those things which God brought to pass among this people under the government of Samuel and Saul. This second book declares the noble acts of David, after the death of Saul when he began to reign, to the end of his kingdom, and how it was expanded by him. It also contains the great troubles and dangers he sustained both within his house and without, the horrible and dangerous insurrections, uproars, and treasons wrought against him, partly by false counsellors, feigned friends and flatterers and partly by his own children and people. By God's assistance he overcame all difficulties, and enjoyed his kingdom in rest and peace. In the person of David the scripture sets forth Christ Jesus the chief king, who came from David according to the flesh, and was persecuted on every side with outward and inward enemies, as well in his own person, as in his members, but at length he overcomes all his enemies, and gives his Church victory against all power both spiritual and temporal; and so reigns with them, king for ever.(:note)

geneva@2Kings:19:3 @ And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day [is] a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and blasphemy: for the children are come to (note:)The dangers are so great, that we can neither avenge this blasphemy, or help ourselves any more than a woman in labour.(:note) the birth, and [there is] not strength to bring forth.

geneva@1Chronicles:5:1 @ Now the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel, (for he [was] the firstborn; but, forasmuch as he defiled his father's bed, his birthright was given unto the (note:)Because they were made two tribes, they had a double portion.(:note) sons of Joseph the son of Israel: and the genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright.

geneva@1Chronicles:5:2 @ For Judah prevailed above his brethren, and of him [came] (note:)That is, he was the chiefest of all the tribes according to Jacob's prophecy, (Gen_49:8), and because Christ would come from him.(:note) the chief ruler; but the birthright [was] Joseph's:)

geneva@Job:3:8 @ Let them curse it that curse the day, who are (note:)Who curse the day of their birth, let them lay that curse on this night.(:note) ready to raise up their mourning.

geneva@Job:3:16 @ Or why was I not hid, as an vntimely birth, either as infants, which haue not seene the light?

geneva@Job:14:1 @ Man (note:)Taking the opportunity of his adversaries words he describes the state of man's life from his birth to his death.(:note) [that is] born of a woman [is] of few days, and full of trouble.

geneva@Psalms:22:9 @ But thou [art] he that took me out of the (note:)Even from my birth you have given me opportunity to trust in you.(:note) womb: thou didst make me hope [when I was] upon my mother's breasts.

geneva@Psalms:58:3 @ The wicked (note:)That is, enemies to the people of God even from their birth.(:note) are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:6:3 @ If a man begetteth an hundred [children], and liveth many years, so that the days of his years are many, and his soul is not (note:)If he can never have enough.(:note) filled with good, and also [that] he hath no As we see often that the covetous man either falls into crimes that deserve death, or is murdered or drowned or hangs himself or such like and so lacks the honour of burial, which is the last office of humanity. burial; I say, [that] an untimely birth [is] better than he.

geneva@Ecclesiastes:7:1 @ A good name [is] better than precious ointment; and the day of (note:)He speaks thus after the judgment of the flesh, which thinks death is the end of all evils, or else because this corporal death is the entering into everlasting life.(:note) death than the day of one's birth.

geneva@Isaiah:37:3 @ And they said to him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day [is] a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of blasphemy: for the children are come to the (note:)We are in as great sorrow as a woman in labour who cannot be delivered.(:note) birth, and [there is] not strength to bring forth.

geneva@Isaiah:46:3 @ Hearken to me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, which are (note:)He shows the difference between the idols and the true God; for they must be carried by others, but God himself carries his, as in (Deu_32:11).(:note) borne [by me] from the birth, which are carried from the womb:

geneva@Isaiah:48:8 @ Yea, thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from that time [that] thy ear was not opened: for I knew that thou wouldest deal very treacherously, and wast called a transgressor from the (note:)From the time that I brought you of Egypt: for that deliverance was as the birth of the Church.(:note) womb.

geneva@Isaiah:66:9 @ Shall I (note:)Declaring by this that as by his power and providence women travailed and delivered so he gives power to bring forth the Church at his appointed time.(:note) bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? saith the LORD: shall I cause to bring forth, and shut [the womb]? saith thy God.

geneva@Jeremiah:20:17 @ Because he slew me not at my birth; or that my mother might have been my grave, and she had not been (note:)Meaning that the fruit of it might never come to profit.(:note) delivered.

geneva@Ezekiel:16:3 @ And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD to Jerusalem; Thy birth and thy nativity [is] of the land (note:)You boast to be of the seed of Abraham, but you are degenerate and follow the abominations of the wicked Canaanites as children do the manners of their fathers, (Isa_1:4, Isa_57:3).(:note) of Canaan; thy father [was] an Amorite, and thy mother an Hittite.

geneva@Daniel:1:4 @ Children in whom [was] no blemish, but well (note:)The King required three things: that they should be of noble birth, that they should be intelligent and learned, and that they should be of a strong and handsome nature, so that they might do him better service. This he did for his own benefit, therefore it is not to praise his liberality: yet in this he is worthy of praise, that he esteemed learning, and knew that it was a necessary means to govern by.(:note) favoured, and skilful in all wisdom, and cunning in knowledge, and understanding science, and such as [had] ability in them to stand in the king's palace, and whom they might teach the That they might forget their own religion and country fashions to serve him the better to his purpose: yet it is not to be thought that Daniel learned any knowledge that was not godly. In all points he refused the abuse of things and superstition, insomuch that he would not eat the meat which the King appointed him, but was content to learn the knowledge of natural things. learning and the tongue of the Chaldeans.

geneva@Hosea:9:11 @ [As for] Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird, from the birth, (note:)Signifying that God would destroy their children by these different means, and so consume them by little and little.(:note) and from the womb, and from the conception.

geneva@Malachi:1:3 @ And I (note:)For besides this the signs of my hatred appeared even when he was made servant to his younger brother, being yet in his mother's belly, and also afterward in that he was put from his birthright. Yet even now before your eyes the signs of this are evident, in that his country lies waste, and he will never return to inhabit it.(:note) hated Esau, Whereas you my people, whom the enemy hated more than them, are by my grace and love towards you delivered; read (Rom_9:13). and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness.