Boys in the Bible

When her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb.

So the boys grew. And Esau was a skillful hunter, a man of the field; but Jacob was a mild man, dwelling in tents.

Now it came to pass, at the time for giving birth, that behold, twins were in her womb.

The Angel who has redeemed me from all evil, Bless the lads; Let my name be named upon them, And the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; And let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.

So Noah went out, and his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives with him.

But the midwives feared God, and did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the male children alive.

Then the king of Egypt called for the midwives and said to them, “Why have you done this thing, and saved the male children alive?”

Now therefore, kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman who has known a man intimately.

Nor shall you make marriages with them. You shall not give your daughter to their son, nor take their daughter for your son.

Then he went up from there to Bethel; and as he was going up the road, some youths came from the city and mocked him, and said to him, “Go up, you baldhead! Go up, you baldhead!”

So he turned around and looked at them, and pronounced a curse on them in the name of the LORD. And two female bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of the youths.

A certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha, saying, “Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that your servant feared the LORD. And the creditor is coming to take my two sons to be his slaves.”

Yes, young children despised me; I arose, and they spoke against me.

Even a child is known by his deeds, Whether what he does is pure and right.

Young men ground at the millstones; Boys staggered under loads of wood.

They have cast lots for My people, Have given a boy as payment for a harlot, And sold a girl for wine, that they may drink.

The streets of the city Shall be full of boys and girls Playing in its streets.

Then Herod, when he saw that he was deceived by the wise men, was exceedingly angry; and he sent forth and put to death all the male children who were in Bethlehem and in all its districts, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had determined from the wise men.

Then the mother of Zebedee’s sons came to Him with her sons, kneeling down and asking something from Him.