the Week of Proper 12 / Ordinary 17
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Job 39:3
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They crouch down to give birth to their young;they deliver their newborn.
They bow themselves, they bring forth their young, They end their labor pains.
They bow themselves, they bring forth their young ones, they cast out their sorrows.
when they crouch, bring forth their offspring, and are delivered of their young?
They lie down, their young are born, and then the pain of giving birth is over.
They crouch, they bear their young, they bring forth the offspring they have carried.
"They kneel down, they bring forth their young, They cast out their labor pains.
"They kneel down, they deliver their young, They get rid of their labor pains.
They bow themselves, they bring forth their young, They end their labor pains.
They bow them selues: they bruise their yong and cast out their sorowes.
They kneel down; they bring forth their young;They send out their labor pains.
They crouch down and bring forth their young; they deliver their newborn.
before they deliver?
when they crouch down and bring forth their young, when they deliver their fawns?
They bow themselves, they give birth to their young ones, they cast out their pains;
These animals lie down, they feel their birth pains, and their babies are born.
And do you know when they kneel and bring forth their young ones?
Do you know when they will crouch down and bring their young into the world?
When they crouch, they bring forth their young ones; they get rid of their labor pains.
when they crouch and bring forth; they send out their pangs?
Or when they lye downe, when they cast their yonge ones, & when they are delyuered off their trauayle & payne?
They bow themselves, they bring forth their young, They cast out their pains.
They bow themselves, they bring forth their young, they cast out their fruit.
They bowe themselues, they bring forth their young ones, they cast out their sorrowes.
They lye downe, they calue their young ones, and they are deliuered of their trauaile and paine:
and hast reared their young without fear; and wilt thou loosen their pangs?
They bow themselves, they bring forth their young, they cast out their sorrows.
Tho ben bowid to the calf, and caluen; and senden out roryngis.
They bow themselves, they bring forth their young, They cast out their pains.
They bow themselves, they bring forth their young ones, they cast out their sorrows.
They bow down,They bring forth their young,They deliver their offspring. [fn]
They crouch down to give birth to their young and deliver their offspring.
They get down and give birth to their young, and get rid of their pains.
when they crouch to give birth to their offspring, and are delivered of their young?
They kneel down, their young, they bring forth; their pains, they throw off;
They bow themselves to bring forth young, and they cast them, and send forth roarings.
when they crouch, bring forth their offspring, and are delivered of their young?
They bow down, Their young ones they bring forth safely, Their pangs they cast forth.
"They kneel down, they bring forth their young, They get rid of their labor pains.
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Now at that time, Abimelech and Phicol, the captain of his army, said to Abraham, I see that God is with you in all you do.
That night the Lord came to him in a vision, and said, I am the God of your father Abraham: have no fear for I am with you, blessing you, and your seed will be increased because of my servant Abraham.
And they said, We saw clearly that the Lord was with you: so we said, Let there be an oath between us and you, and let us make an agreement with you;
And Laban said, If you will let me say so, do not go away; for I have seen by the signs that the Lord has been good to me because of you.
For before I came you had little, and it has been greatly increased; and the Lord has given you a blessing in everything I have done; but when am I to do something for my family?
And after a time, his master's wife, looking on Joseph with desire, said to him, Be my lover.
But he would not, and said to her, You see that my master keeps no account of what I do in his house, and has put all his property in my control;
And hearing it he went running out without his coat.
And she kept his coat by her, till his master came back.
And the keeper of the prison gave no attention to anything which was under his care, because the Lord was with him; and the Lord made everything he did go well.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
They bow themselves,.... That they may bring forth their young with greater ease and more safety: for it seems the hinds bring forth their young with great difficulty; and there are provisions in nature made to lessen it; as thunder, before observed, which causes them to bring forth the sooner; and there is an herb called "seselis", which it is said i they feed upon before birth, to make it the easier; as well as they use that, and another called "aros", after the birth, to ease them of their later pains;
they bring forth their young ones; renting and cleaving asunder the membrane, as the word signifies, in which their young is wrapped;
they cast out their sorrows; either their young, which they bring forth in pains and which then cease; or the secundines, or afterbirth, in which the young is wrapped, and which the philosopher says k they eat, and is supposed to be medical to them. None but a woman seems to bring forth with more pain than this creature; and a wife is compared to it, Proverbs 5:19.
i Cicero de Natura Deoram, l. 2. Plin. Nat. Hist. c. 8. 32. Aristot. Hist. Animal. l. 9. c. 5. k Aristot. ib.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
They bow themselves - literally, they curve or bend themselves; that is, they draw their limbs together.
They cast out their sorrows - That is, they cast forth the offspring of their pains, or the young which cause their pains. The idea seems to be, that they do this without any of the care and attention which shepherds are obliged to show to their flocks at such seasons. They do it when God only guards them; when they are in the wilderness or on the rocks far away from the abodes of man. The leading thought in all this seems to be, that the tender care of God was over his creatures, in the most perilous and delicate state, and that all this was exercised where man could have no access to them, and could not even observe them.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Job 39:3. They bow themselves — In order to bring forth their young ones.
They cast out their sorrows. — חבליהם chebleyhem; the placenta, afterbirth, or umbilical cord. So this word has been understood.
