<p class="poetry">&#8220;Are you acquainted with the way<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">the mountain goats<n id="2" /> give birth?p> <p class="poetry">Do you watch as the wild deer give birth to their young?p>

<p class="poetry">See the one who is pregnant with wickedness,p> <p class="poetry">who conceives destructive plans,p> <p class="poetry">and gives birth to harmful lies &#8211; <n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">They will come and tell about his saving deeds;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">they will tell a future generation what he has accomplished.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> writes in the census book of the nations,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;This one was born there.&#8221;<n id="2" /> (Selah)p>

<p class="poetry">A friend<n id="1" /> loves at all times,p> <p class="poetry">and a relative<n id="2" /> is born to help in adversity.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Whoever brings a fool<n id="1" /> into the world<n id="2" /> does so<n id="3" /> to his grief,p> <p class="poetry">and the father of a fool has no joy.<n id="4" />p>

<t /><p class="poetry">A good reputation<n id="1" /> is better<n id="2" /> than precious<n id="3" /> perfume;<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">likewise,<n id="5" /> the day of one&#8217;s<n id="6" /> death<n id="7" /> is better than the day of one&#8217;s birth.<n id="8" />p>

<p class="poetry">You conceive straw,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">you give birth to chaff;p> <p class="poetry">your breath is a fire that destroys you.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Danger awaits one who says<n id="1" /> to his father,p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;What in the world<n id="2" /> are you fathering?&#8221;p> <p class="poetry">and to his mother,p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;What in the world are you bringing forth?&#8221;<n id="3" />p>

<p class="bodytext">When<n id="1" /> she had weaned &#8216;No Pity&#8217; (Lo-Ruhamah) she conceived again and gave birth to another son.

<t /><p class="poetry">Ephraim will be like a bird;p> <p class="poetry">what they value<n id="1" /> will fly away.p> <p class="poetry">They will not bear children &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">they will not enjoy pregnancy &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">they will not even conceive!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="bodytext">Ner was the father of Kish, and Kish was the father of Saul. Saul was the father of Jonathan, Malki-Shua, Abinadab, and Eshbaal.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="bodytext">Ner was the father of Kish, and Kish was the father of Saul. Saul was the father of Jonathan, Malki-Shua, Abinadab, and Eshbaal.<n id="1" />p>

For I, the <sc>Lordsc>, tell you what will happen to<n id="1" /> the children who are born here in this land and to the men and women who are their mothers and fathers.<n id="2" />

Adah gave birth to Jabal; he was the first<n id="1" /> of those who live in tents and keep<n id="2" /> livestock.

<p class="bodytext">When<n id="1" /> Adam had lived 130 years he fathered a son in his own likeness, according to his image, and he named him Seth.

<p class="bodytext">When Seth had lived 105 years, he became the father<n id="1" /> of Enosh.

<p class="bodytext">When Mahalalel had lived 65 years, he became the father of Jared.

<p class="bodytext">When Jared had lived 162 years, he became the father of Enoch.

<p class="bodytext">When Methuselah had lived 187 years, he became the father of Lamech.