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Psalm 8:2 (English-KJV)
Genesis 49:25 (English-NIV)
25 Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee; and by the Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lieth under, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb:
I Samuel 1:21-23 (English-NIV)
1 When the man Elkanah went up with all his family to offer the annual sacrifice to the Lord and to fulfill his vow,
2 Hannah did not go. She said to her husband, "After the boy is weaned, I will take him and present him before the Lord, and he will live there always."
3 "Do what seems best to you," Elkanah her husband told her. "Stay here until you have weaned him; only may the Lord make good his word." So the woman stayed
at home and nursed her son until she had weaned him.
Joel 2:15-16 (English-NIV)
15 Blow the trumpet in Zion, declare a holy fast, call a sacred assembly.
16 Gather the people, consecrate the assembly; bring together the elders, gather the children, those nursing at the breast. Let the bridegroom leave his room and the bride her chamber.
Psalms 22:9 (English-NIV)
9 Yet you brought me out of the womb; you made me trust in you even at my
mother's breast.
1 Thessalonians 2:7 (English-NASB)
7 But we proved to be gentle among you, as a nursing mother tenderly cares for her own children.
1 Peter 2:1-3 (English-KJV)
~ After having nursed a newborn, verse two has so much more meaning to me. Ellen had a fervent desire to nurse, and she nursed frequently! ~1 Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, all evil speakings,
Isaiah 66:10-13 (English-NIV)
10 "Rejoice with Jerusalem and be glad for her, all you who love her; rejoice
greatly with her, all you who mourn over her.
11 For you will nurse and be satisfied at her comforting breasts; you will drink
deeply and delight in her overflowing abundance."
12 For this is what the LORD says: "I will extend peace to her like a river, and
the wealth of nations like a flooding stream; you will nurse and be carried on
her arm and dandled on her knees.
13 As a mother comforts her child, so will I comfort you; and you will be
comforted over Jerusalem."
Isaiah 60:15,16 (English-NIV)
15 "Although you have been forsaken and hated, with no one traveling through, I
will make you the everlasting pride and the joy of all generations.
16 You will drink the milk of nations and be nursed at royal breasts. Then you
will know that I, the LORD, am your Savior, your Redeemer, the Mighty
One of Jacob.
Isaiah 49:15, 16 (English-KJV)
15 Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion
on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee.
16 Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are
continually before me.
Exodus 2:1-10 (English-NIV) The Story of Baby Moses
~ God wonderfully spared Moses' life, and He made a way for Moses' mother to breastfeed him. They were able to share that special time together before Moses had to go live with Pharaoh's daughter. ~1 Now a man of the house of Levi married a Levite woman,
Luke 11:27, 28 (NASB)
~ It's kind of interesting to note that apparently breastfeeding was not a topic about which one needed to keep quiet. The lady in this passage raised her voice in the crowd! ~
27 While Jesus was saying these things, one of the women in the crowd raised her voice and said to Him, "Blessed is
the womb that bore You and the breasts at which You nursed."
28 But He said, "On the contrary, blessed are those who hear
the word of God and observe it."
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