| Hebrew term for the uniquely female organ, the uterus (womb), is used in the original Scriptures to describe Gods compassion. Source: Buttrick, George Arthur (Gen. Editor) The Interpreters Dictionary of the Bible: Supplementary Volume, Abingdon, Nashville, 1976, page 368-369. This analogy is used in reverse here: Galatians 4:19 My dear children, for whom I am again in the pains of childbirth until Christ is formed in you
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