I've posted these before, but they are, after all, in the public domain.
And she (Sarah) said, Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah
should have given children suck?
‹Genesis XXI, 7
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. And Elkanah her husband said unto
her, Do what seemeth good in thy eyes; tarry until though has weaned
him; only may the Lord fulfill his word.
So the woman remained behind, and gave her son suck until she weaned
him.
‹Samuel I, I, :22-23
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 breasts, and of the womb;
‹Genesis. XLIX, 25-26
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.
‹Isaiah XL, 11-12
Yet Zion said, The Eternal hath forsaken me, and the Lord hath forgotten
me. 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.
‹Isaiah LI, 14-16
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. 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.
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.
‹Isaiah LXVI, 10-13
Instead that thou wast forsaken and hated, without one to pass through
(thee), will I render thee an excellency of everlasting, a joy of all
generations. And though shalt suck the milk of nations, and the breast
of kings shalt thou suck:
‹Isaiah LX, 15-16
Now when she had weaned Lo-ruchamah, she conceived, and bore a son.
‹Hosea I, 8
Give them, O Lord, what thou wilt give! give them a miscarrying womb and
dried-up breasts.
‹Hosea IX, 14-15
Yea, thou art he that took me from the womb; thou hast been my trust
when I hung on my mother¹s breasts.
‹Psalm XXII, 10-11
Surely I have pacified and stilled my soul, like the suckling on its
mother¹s breast; like a suckling is in me my soul.
‹Psalm CXXXI, 2-3
Oh that some one would make thee as my brother that hath sucked my
mother¹s breasts!
‹The Song of Solomon VIII, 1
Shall women, then, eat their own fruit, the babes they have tenderly
nursed?
‹Lamentations II, 20
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. 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.
‹Lamentations IV, 3
And Na¹omi took the child, and laid it in her lap, and she became a
nurse unto it.
‹Ruth IV, 16
And it happened, as He spoke these things, that a certain woman from the
crowd raised her voice and said to him, ³Blessed is the womb that bore
you, and the breasts which nursed you!²
‹Luke XI, 27
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