Meaning of “child”
Child — This word has considerable latitude of meaning in Scripture. Thus Joseph is called a child at the time when he was probably about sixteen years of age (Gen. 37:3); and Benjamin is so called when he was above thirty years (44:20). Solomon called himself a little child when he came to the kingdom (1 Kings 3:7). The descendants of a man, however remote, are called his children; as, "the children of Edom," "the children of Moab," "the children of Israel." In the earliest times mothers did not wean their children till they were from thirty months to three years old; and the day on which they were weaned was kept as a festival day (Gen. 21:8; Ex. 2:7, 9; 1 Sam. 1:22-24; Matt. 21:16). At the age of five, children began to learn the arts and duties of life under the care of their fathers (Deut. 6:20-25; 11:19). To have a numerous family was regarded as a mark of divine favour (Gen. 11:30; 30:1; 1 Sam. 2:5; 2 Sam. 6:23; Ps. 127:3; 128:3). Figuratively the name is used for those who are ignorant or narrow-minded (Matt. 11:16; Luke 7:32; 1 Cor. 13:11). "When I was a child, I spake as a child." "Brethren, be not children in understanding" (1 Cor. 14:20). "That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro" (Eph. 4:14). Children are also spoken of as representing simplicity and humility (Matt. 19:13-15; Mark 10:13-16; Luke 18:15-17). Believers are "children of light" (Luke 16:8; 1 Thess. 5:5) and "children of obedience" (1 Pet. 1:14). Beeroth of the children of Jaakan — (Deut. 10:6). The same as Bene-jaakan (Num. 33:31). East, Children of the — the Arabs as a whole, known as the Nabateans or Kedarenes, nomad tribes (Judg. 6:3,33; 7:12; 8:10).
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Genesis Chapter 3 Verse 16 — Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee. Genesis Chapter 6 Verse 4 — There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown. Genesis Chapter 10 Verse 21 — Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were children born. Genesis Chapter 10 Verse 22 — The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram. Genesis Chapter 10 Verse 23 — And the children of Aram; Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash. Genesis Chapter 11 Verse 5 — And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded. Genesis Chapter 11 Verse 30 — But Sarai was barren; she had no child. Genesis Chapter 15 Verse 2 — And Abram said, LORD God, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus? Genesis Chapter 16 Verse 1 — Now Sarai Abram's wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar. Genesis Chapter 16 Verse 2 — And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the LORD hath restrained me from bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai. Genesis Chapter 16 Verse 11 — And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Behold, thou art with child and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael; because the LORD hath heard thy affliction. Genesis Chapter 17 Verse 10 — This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be circumcised. Genesis Chapter 17 Verse 12 — And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every man child in your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any stranger, which is not of thy seed. Genesis Chapter 17 Verse 14 — And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant. Genesis Chapter 17 Verse 17 — Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear? Genesis Chapter 18 Verse 13 — And the LORD said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old? Genesis Chapter 18 Verse 19 — For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him. Genesis Chapter 19 Verse 36 — Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father. Genesis Chapter 19 Verse 38 — And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his name Benammi: the same is the father of the children of Ammon unto this day. Genesis Chapter 20 Verse 17 — So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maidservants; and they bare children. Genesis Chapter 21 Verse 7 — And she said, Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah should have given children suck? for I have born him a son in his old age. Genesis Chapter 21 Verse 8 — And the child grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feast the same day that Isaac was weaned. Genesis Chapter 21 Verse 14 — And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba. Genesis Chapter 21 Verse 15 — And the water was spent in the bottle, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs. Genesis Chapter 21 Verse 16 — And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bow shot: for she said, Let me not see the death of the child. And she sat over against him, and lift up her voice, and wept. Genesis Chapter 22 Verse 20 — And it came to pass after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying, Behold, Milcah, she hath also born children unto thy brother Nahor; Genesis Chapter 23 Verse 5 — And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him, Genesis Chapter 23 Verse 7 — And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth. Genesis Chapter 23 Verse 10 — And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth: and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the audience of the children of Heth, even of all that went in at the gate of his city, saying, Genesis Chapter 23 Verse 18 — Unto Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before all that went in at the gate of his city. Genesis Chapter 25 Verse 4 — And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abidah, and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah. Genesis Chapter 25 Verse 22 — And the children struggled together within her; and she said, If it be so, why am I thus? And she went to inquire of the LORD. Genesis Chapter 30 Verse 1 — And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die. Genesis Chapter 30 Verse 3 — And she said, Behold my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; and she shall bear upon my knees, that I may also have children by her. Genesis Chapter 30 Verse 26 — Give me my wives and my children, for whom I have served thee, and let me go: for thou knowest my service which I have done thee. Genesis Chapter 31 Verse 16 — For all the riches which God hath taken from our father, that is ours, and our children's: now then, whatsoever God hath said unto thee, do. Genesis Chapter 31 Verse 43 — And Laban answered and said unto Jacob, These daughters are my daughters, and these children are my children, and these cattle are my cattle, and all that thou seest is mine: and what can I do this day unto these my daughters, or unto their children which they have born? Genesis Chapter 32 Verse 11 — Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me, and the mother with the children. Genesis Chapter 32 Verse 32 — Therefore the children of Israel eat not of the sinew which shrank, which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: because he touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh in the sinew that shrank. Genesis Chapter 33 Verse 1 — And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau came, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the two handmaids. Genesis Chapter 33 Verse 2 — And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost. Genesis Chapter 33 Verse 5 — And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, Who are those with thee? And he said, The children which God hath graciously given thy servant. Genesis Chapter 33 Verse 6 — Then the handmaidens came near, they and their children, and they bowed themselves. Genesis Chapter 33 Verse 7 — And Leah also with her children came near, and bowed themselves: and after came Joseph near and Rachel, and they bowed themselves. Genesis Chapter 33 Verse 13 — And he said unto him, My lord knoweth that the children are tender, and the flocks and herds with young are with me: and if men should overdrive them one day, all the flock will die. Genesis Chapter 33 Verse 14 — Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his servant: and I will lead on softly, according as the cattle that goeth before me and the children be able to endure, until I come unto my lord unto Seir. Genesis Chapter 33 Verse 19 — And he bought a parcel of a field, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem's father, for an hundred pieces of money. Genesis Chapter 36 Verse 21 — And Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan: these are the dukes of the Horites, the children of Seir in the land of Edom. Genesis Chapter 36 Verse 22 — And the children of Lotan were Hori and Hemam; and Lotan's sister was Timna. Genesis Chapter 36 Verse 23 — And the children of Shobal were these; Alvan, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shepho, and Onam.
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