27 Then the king gave his ruling: “Give the living baby to the first woman. By no means should you kill him; she is his mother.”
1 Kings 3:27
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1 Kings 3:21–23
21 The next morning, when I got up to nurse my son, I discovered he was dead. But when I examined him, I realized that he was not the son I had borne.” 22 “No,” said the other woman, “the living one is my son and the dead one is your son.” But the first woman insist…
2 Kings 6:27–29
27 He answered, “If the LORD does not help you, where can I find help for you? From the threshing floor or the winepress?” 28 Then the king asked her, “What is the matter?” And she answered, “This woman said to me, ‘Give up your son, that we may eat him, and tomorro…
1 Kings 3:16–18
16 At that time two prostitutes came to the king and stood before him. 17 One woman said, “Please, my lord, this woman and I live in the same house, and I gave birth while she was in the house. 18 On the third day after I gave birth, this woman also had a baby. We were…
2 Samuel 14:7–9
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2 Samuel 14:17–19
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1 Kings 17:22–24
22 And the LORD listened to the voice of Elijah, and the child’s life returned to him, and he lived. 23 Then Elijah took the child, brought him down from the upper room into the house, and gave him to his mother. “Look, your son is alive,” Elijah declared. 24 Then the w…
Genesis 38:27–29
27 When the time came for Tamar to give birth, there were twins in her womb. 28 And as she was giving birth, one of them put out his hand; so the midwife took a scarlet thread and tied it around his wrist. “This one came out first,” she announced. 29 But when he pulled…
Exodus 2:7–9
7 Then his sister said to Pharaoh’s daughter, “Shall I go and call one of the Hebrew women to nurse the child for you?” 8 “Go ahead,” Pharaoh’s daughter told her. And the girl went and called the boy’s mother. 9 Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Take this child and nu…
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