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Psa. 127:3 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Lo, childreni are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.

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Gen. 33:5• ⁵And he lifted up his eyes and saw the women and the children, and said, Who are these with thee? And he said, The children that God has graciously given thy servant. (Gen. 33:5)

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1 Sam. 2:5• ⁵They that were full have hired themselves out for bread; and the hungry are so no more: Even the barren beareth seven, and she that hath many children is waxed feeble. (1 Sam. 2:5)

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Psa. 128:3‑4• ³Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine in the inner part of thy house; thy children like olive-plants round about thy table.
⁴Behold, thus shall the man be blessed that feareth Jehovah. (Psa. 128:3‑4)

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Gen. 1:28• ²⁸And God blessed them; and God said to them, Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the heavens, and over every animal that moveth on the earth. (Gen. 1:28)

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Gen. 15:4‑5• ⁴And behold, the word of Jehovah came to him, saying, This shall not be thine heir, but he that will come forth out of thy body shall be thine heir.
⁵And he led him out, and said, Look now toward the heavens, and number the stars, if thou be able to number them. And he said to him, So shall thy seed be! (Gen. 15:4‑5)

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Gen. 24:60• ⁶⁰And they blessed Rebecca, and said to her, Thou art our sister; mayest thou become thousands of tens of thousands; and may thy seed possess the gate of their enemies! (Gen. 24:60)

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Gen. 30:1‑2• ¹And when Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister, and said to Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.
²And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel, and he said, Am I in God's stead, who has withheld from thee the fruit of the womb? (Gen. 30:1‑2)

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Gen. 33:5• ⁵And he lifted up his eyes and saw the women and the children, and said, Who are these with thee? And he said, The children that God has graciously given thy servant. (Gen. 33:5)

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Gen. 41:51‑52• ⁵¹And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh--For God has made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house.
⁵²And the name of the second he called Ephraim--For God has caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction. (Gen. 41:51‑52)

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Gen. 48:4• ⁴and he said to me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a company of peoples; and will give this land to thy seed after thee for an everlasting possession. (Gen. 48:4)

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Deut. 28:4• ⁴Blessed shall be the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the offspring of thy kine, and the increase of thy sheep. (Deut. 28:4)

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Josh. 24:3‑4• ³And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the river, and led him throughout the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed and gave him Isaac.
⁴And I gave unto Isaac Jacob and Esau; and I gave unto Esau mount Seir, to possess it; and Jacob and his sons went down into Egypt. (Josh. 24:3‑4)

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1 Sam. 1:19‑20,27• ¹⁹And they rose up early in the morning and worshipped before Jehovah, and returned and came to their house at Ramah. And Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and Jehovah remembered her.
²⁰And it came to pass when the time was come about after Hannah had conceived, that she bore a son, and called his name Samuel, saying, Because I have asked him of Jehovah.
²⁷For this boy I prayed; and Jehovah has granted me my petition which I asked of him. (1 Sam. 1:19‑20,27)

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1 Sam. 2:20‑21• ²⁰And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, Jehovah give thee seed of this woman for the loan which is lent to Jehovah. And they went to their own home.
²¹So Jehovah visited Hannah, and she conceived, and bore three sons and two daughters. And the boy Samuel grew before Jehovah. (1 Sam. 2:20‑21)

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1 Chron. 28:5• ⁵and of all my sons, (for Jehovah has given me many sons,) he has chosen Solomon my son to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of Jehovah over Israel. (1 Chron. 28:5)

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Isa. 8:18• ¹⁸Behold, I and the children that Jehovah hath given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel, from Jehovah of hosts, who dwelleth in mount Zion. (Isa. 8:18)

• Looking back on their captivity they can say, “Blessed be the LORD...our soul is escaped” (Psa. 124:1, 6, 7). Now they look on to the “house” and “the city,” the goal to which they are journeying, and they own, “Except the LORD build the house, they labor in vain that build it”; and “except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.” (“Psalms 127” by H. Smith)

• They had seen the purpose of the Lord to have Jerusalem “builded” and “compact together” (Psa. 122:3). Now they recognize that only the Lord can carry out His purpose. (“Psalms 127” by H. Smith)

• (vv. 3-5) Further, the house and the city will not be complete without the inhabitants. If the Lord builds the house and keeps the city, He also gives “the children of youth” (JND) those who, with strength and vigor of youth, will be used under the hand of the Lord to defend the house and meet the enemy in the gate. (“Psalms 127” by H. Smith)

• As their homes are being rebuilt they anticipate the joys of having children and raising families in the land (vs. 3-5). (“Book 5.” by B. Anstey)

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Lo, children are an inheritance from Jehovah, and the fruit of the womb a reward.