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The Unborn Child in the Light
of
Scripture
from God? andye are not your own; for ye were
bought with a price ...
(1 Corinthians 6: 19-20)."
"And the man knew Eve his wife; and she
conceived, and bare Cain, and said, 1 ·have
gotten a man with the help ofJehovah
(Genesis
4:1)."
''Lo, children are a heritage ofJehovah; and the
fruit of the womb is his reward
(Psalm 127:3)."
''For thou didst form my inwardparts: Thou didst
cover me in my mother's womb. I will give
thanks unto thee; for I am fearfully and
wonderfully made
...
My frame was not. hidden
from thee, when I was made in secret, and
curiously wrought in the lowerparts ofthe earth.
Marvelous are Your works, and that my soul
knows right well! My substance was not hidden
from You when · I was made in secret and
intricately wrought
...
Your eyes did see my
substance, yet being unformed; and in Your
monograph allmymembers were written, which
in continuance were fashioned, when as yet
there .was none ofthem
(Psalm
139·:13-.16). "
"Did not he that made me in the womb make
him? And did not one fashion us in the womb?
(Job
31: 15)."
''Ifmen strive and hurt a woman with child
(one
who is pregnant)
so thather fruit
(child)
depart
from her
...
and if any harm follow, then you
shall give life for life(Exodus
21:21-24)."
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