13 Bible Verses About Gender Selection



  • No verse discusses choosing a baby’s sex by medical means; Genesis 1:27 and Genesis 5:1-2 say God created both male and female in his image and blessed them together.
  • Hannah asked the Lord for a son in 1 Samuel 1:11, and the Lord gave her Samuel.
  • In Exodus 1:9-16 the king of Egypt, fearing the Israelites’ growing numbers, ordered Hebrew baby boys killed at birth; the midwives feared God and refused.
  • Numbers 27:8 lets a daughter inherit when there is no son, and Job 42:15 records Job giving his daughters an inheritance along with their brothers.
  • In Ruth 4:15 the women of Bethlehem call Ruth better to Naomi than seven sons.

The Bible does not discuss choosing a baby’s sex. Psalm 139:13-14 and Jeremiah 1:5 say God forms and knows a child in the womb, and Genesis 1:27 says he made both male and female in his image. Numbers 27:6-7 and Job 42:15 give daughters an inheritance where sons inherited first, and in Ruth 4:15 the women of Bethlehem call Naomi’s daughter-in-law better to her than seven sons. In Exodus 1:16 the king of Egypt, afraid of how numerous the Israelites…

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