Poor growth occurring before birth or during early childhood can lead to irreversible damage, including shorter adult height, lower learning achievement, reduced adult income, and decreased birthweight among offspring
(Ga 3:21) Now, the Jews, being condemned by the Law, were not only shown to be sinners as offspring of Adam but were also under an additional disability.
Says the account: “Then the king said to Ashpenaz his chief court official to bring some of the sons of Israel and of the royal offspring and of the nobles, children in whom there was no defect at all, but good in appearance and having insight into all wisdom and being acquainted with knowledge, and having discernment of what is known, in whom also there was ability to stand in the palace of the king.”—Daniel 1:3, 4.
The Committee reiterates its concern about the persistence of patriarchal attitudes and deep-rooted stereotypes, including the preference for male offspring, regarding the roles and responsibilities of women and men within the family and society at large.
And humans were to keep it that way by caring for themselves, the animals and the garden paradise that they and their offspring would spread to encompass eventually the entire earth. —Genesis 1:27, 28.
Peace, which was the offspring of development, was essential above all; and development was the fruit of innovation, productivity and perseverance in a world where mutual support was imperative
In this study thyroid effects were observed both in dams (thyroid weight increase and follicular cell hypertrophy at 10,000 ppm) and offspring (thyroid weight increase, decreased serum T3 and increased serum TSH at 1,000 and 10,000 ppm).
The reproductive performance of mice fed 0, 10, 30, or 37.5 mg Chlordecone/kg diet was impaired in terms of offspring and litter size (Huber, 1965, as reported in IPCS, 1984).
Second, the Tannaim may have been influenced by Roman law, which dictated that when a parent could not contract a legal marriage, offspring would follow the mother.
For example, Hannah, the mother of the prophet Samuel, “went on to make a vow and say: ‘O Jehovah of armies, if . . . you will not forget your slave girl and actually give to your slave girl a male offspring, I will give him to Jehovah all the days of his life, and no razor will come upon his head.’”
(Luke 24:39; 1 Corinthians 15:50) Jesus indicated clearly that angels do not marry, and nothing suggests that they in any way produce offspring.—Matthew 22:30.