In the Bible, sons are counted among the gifts God gives to their parents. Psalm 127:3 says so directly: “children are a heritage from the Lord.” Proverbs adds that “a wise son makes a glad father” (Proverbs 10:1). God promised Isaac to Abraham and Sarah (Genesis 17:16), Hannah asked the Lord for Samuel (1 Samuel 1:27), and when Ruth bore Obed, the women told Naomi that the boy would be “a restorer of life” to her (Ruth 4:15). Other passages…
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