Beside the proper and literal signification of this word, it is
used with reference to children and a numerous posterity. Sarah desires
Abraham to take Hagar to wife, that by her she may be builded up, that
is, have children to uphold her family, Gen. xvi, 2. The midwives who
refused obedience to Pharaoh’s orders, when he commanded them to put to
death all the male children of the Hebrews, were rewarded for it; God
built them houses, that is, he gave them a numerous posterity. The
Prophet Nathan tells David that God would build his house; that is, give
him children and successors, 2 Sam. vii, 27. Moses, speaking of the
formation of the first woman, says, God built her with the rib of Adam,
Gen. ii, 22.
used with reference to children and a numerous posterity. Sarah desires
Abraham to take Hagar to wife, that by her she may be builded up, that
is, have children to uphold her family, Gen. xvi, 2. The midwives who
refused obedience to Pharaoh’s orders, when he commanded them to put to
death all the male children of the Hebrews, were rewarded for it; God
built them houses, that is, he gave them a numerous posterity. The
Prophet Nathan tells David that God would build his house; that is, give
him children and successors, 2 Sam. vii, 27. Moses, speaking of the
formation of the first woman, says, God built her with the rib of Adam,
Gen. ii, 22.