The concept of bearing children is presented as a blessing from God, with instructions to "be fruitful and multiply" given to humanity after the flood, as seen in Genesis 9:7 and reiterated in Genesis 9:1. This command echoes the original mandate in Genesis 1:28, where God commissions humanity to fill the earth. The Psalms celebrate children as a heritage from the Lord, with Psalms 127:3 describing them as a reward. In Deuteronomy 7:13, God promises to bless the nation of Israel with fertility, highlighting the importance of family and progeny in the biblical worldview.
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But as for you, be fruitful and multiply; spread out across the earth and multiply upon it.”
And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.
God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth.”
Children are indeed a heritage from the LORD, and the fruit of the womb is His reward.
He will love you and bless you and multiply you. He will bless the fruit of your womb and the produce of your land—your grain, new wine, and oil, the young of your herds and the lambs of your flocks—in the land that He swore to your fathers to give you.