Bible Knowledge Graph

Birth

Entity ID:
birth
Long Name:
Birth
Short Name:
Birth
Entity Type:
event
Entity Subtype:
birth
Related Scripture:
Psalm 48:6
Isaiah 13:8
Isaiah 21:3
Jeremiah 4:31
Jeremiah 6:24
Jeremiah 30:6
Jeremiah 31:8
Genesis 3:16
Summary:
As soon as a child was born it was washed, and rubbed with salt (Ezek. 16:4), and then swathed with bandages (Job 38:9; Luke 2:7, 12). A Hebrew mother remained forty days in seclusion after the birth of a son, and after the birth of a daughter double that number of days. At the close of that period she entered into the tabernacle or temple and offered up a sacrifice of purification (Lev. 12:1-8; Luke 2:22). A son was circumcised on the eighth day after his birth, being thereby consecrated to God (Gen. 17:10-12; comp. Rom. 4:11). Seasons of misfortune are likened to the pains of a woman in travail, and seasons of prosperity to the joy that succeeds child-birth (Isa. 13:8; Jer. 4:31; John 16:21, 22). The natural birth is referred to as the emblem of the new birth (John 3:3-8; Gal. 6:15; Titus 3:5, etc.). –Easton's Bible Dictionary
DB Pedia ID:
birth
Is An Individual:
No
Is Published:
Yes