The bowels are the seat of mercy, tenderness, and compassion.
Joseph’s bowels were moved at the sight of his brother Benjamin; that
is, he felt himself softened and affected. The true mother of the child
whom Solomon commanded to be divided, felt her bowels move, and
consented that it should be given to the woman who was not its real
mother, 1 Kings, iii, 26. The Hebrews also sometimes place wisdom and
understanding in the bowels, “Who hath put wisdom in the inner parts?”
or bowels, Job xxxviii, 36. The Psalmist says, “Thy law is within my
heart,” literally, in the midst of my bowels,--it is by me strongly and
affectionately regarded, Psalm xl, 8.
Joseph’s bowels were moved at the sight of his brother Benjamin; that
is, he felt himself softened and affected. The true mother of the child
whom Solomon commanded to be divided, felt her bowels move, and
consented that it should be given to the woman who was not its real
mother, 1 Kings, iii, 26. The Hebrews also sometimes place wisdom and
understanding in the bowels, “Who hath put wisdom in the inner parts?”
or bowels, Job xxxviii, 36. The Psalmist says, “Thy law is within my
heart,” literally, in the midst of my bowels,--it is by me strongly and
affectionately regarded, Psalm xl, 8.