Bible verses about "breastfeeding" | Leeser

⁷ And she said, Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarai should have given children suck? yet I have born a son in his old age.

¹² Was it I who have conceived all this people? or was it I who have begotten them? that thou shouldst say unto me, Carry them in thy bosom, as a nursing father beareth the sucking child, unto the land which thou hast sworn unto their fathers?

¹² Wherefore were knees ready to receive me? and for what purpose were breasts there that I might suck?

¹ A song of the degrees by David. O Lord, my heart was not haughty, nor were my eyes lofty: neither have I walked after matters too great, or those too wonderful for me. ² Surely I have pacified and stilled my soul, like the suckling on its mother’s breast: like a suckling is in me my soul.

¹⁸ Thy fountain will be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth,— ¹⁹ The lovely gazelle and the graceful chamois: let her bosom satisfy thee abundantly at all times; with her love be thou ravished continually.

²³ And kings shall be thy nursing-fathers, and their princesses thy nursing-mothers; with the face toward the earth shall they bow down to thee, and the dust of thy feet shall they lick up: and thou shalt know that I am the Lord, who will not suffer those who hope in me to be ashamed.

¹¹ Like a shepherd will he feed his flock: with his arm will he gather the lambs, and in his bosom will he carry them, will he lead gently those that suckle their young.

⁴ The tongue of the suckling cleaveth to its palate by reason of thirst: babes ask for bread, there is not one to break it for them.

¹⁶ And Na’omi took the child, and laid it in her lap, and she became a nurse unto it.

¹⁴ Give them, O Lord, what thou wilt give! give them a miscarrying womb and dried-up breasts.

⁸ And the child grew, and was weaned; and Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned.

²¹ And the man Elkanah went up, with all his house, to offer unto the Lord the yearly sacrifice, and his vow. ²² But Hannah did not go up; for she said unto her husband, So soon as the child shall be weaned, then I will bring him, that he may appear before the Lord, and abide there for ever. ²³ And Elkanah her husband said unto her, Do what seemeth good in thy eyes; tarry until thou hast weaned him; only may the Lord fulfill his word. So the woman remained behind, and gave her son suck until she weaned him. ²⁴ And she took him up with her, when she had weaned him, with three bullocks, and one ephah of flour, and a bottle of wine, and she brought him unto the house of the Lord at Shiloh; although the child was yet young.

^{9 (22:10)} Yea, thou art he that took me from the womb: thou hast been my trust when I hung on my mother’s breasts.

²⁵ From the God of thy father, who will help thee; and from the Almighty, who will bless thee, with blessings of heaven above, with blessings of the deep that coucheth beneath, with blessings of the breasts, and of the womb;

¹⁵ Can a woman forget her sucking child, not to have mercy on the son of her body? yea, should these even forget, yet would I not forget thee.

³ Even wild beasts offer the breast, they give suck to their young ones: the daughter of my people is become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.

¹⁶ Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts; let the bridegroom go forth out of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet.

¹⁰ Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be delighted over her, all ye that love her; be highly glad with her, all ye that mourn for her. ¹¹ In order that ye may suck, and be satisfied with the breast of her consolations; in order that ye may sip, and find pleasure from the abundance of her glory. ¹² For thus hath said the Lord, Behold, I will extend to her peace like a river, and like a rapid stream the glory of nations, that ye may suck: upon the arm shall ye be borne, and upon knees shall ye be dandled. ¹³ As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and in Jerusalem shall ye be comforted.