A common misconception is that mothers give life.

No.  Fathers give life.

Luke 2:23
   As it is written in the law of the Lord, Every male that openeth the womb shall be called holy to the Lord;

The potential of seed:

Matthew 17:20
   If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.

Matthew 13:31-32
   The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field:
   Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.

Seed comes from fathers.

Deuteronomy 11:9
   …the LORD sware unto your fathers to give unto them and to their seed, a land that floweth with milk and honey.

Genesis 9:8-9
   And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying,
   And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you;

2 Samuel 22:51
   …sheweth mercy to his anointed, unto David, and to his seed for evermore.

Genesis 12:7
   And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land

Psalm 89:29
   His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.

Exodus 1:5
   And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls

Hebrews 7:5
   …they come out of the loins of Abraham

Seed is inserted into the woman, and grows as the woman’s seed.

Genesis 19:32
   Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.

Genesis 3:15
   And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

Genesis 24:60
   And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Thou art our sister, be thou the mother of thousands of millions, and let thy seed possess the gate of those which hate them.

Numbers 5:28
   And if the woman be not defiled, but be clean; then she shall be free, and shall conceive seed.

Patriarchal lines through fathers:

Matthew 1:2-16
   Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judas and his brethren;
   And Judas begat Phares and Zara of Thamar; and Phares begat Esrom; and Esrom begat Aram;
   And Aram begat Aminadab; and Aminadab begat Naasson; and Naasson begat Salmon;
   And Salmon begat Booz of Rahab; and Booz begat Obed of Ruth; and Obed begat Jesse;
   And Jesse begat David the king; and David the king begat Solomon of her that had been the wife of Urias;
   And Solomon begat Roboam; and Roboam begat Abia; and Abia begat Asa;
   And Asa begat Josaphat; and Josaphat begat Joram; and Joram begat Ozias;
   And Ozias begat Joatham; and Joatham begat Achaz; and Achaz begat Ezekias;
   And Ezekias begat Manasses; and Manasses begat Amon; and Amon begat Josias;
   And Josias begat Jechonias and his brethren, about the time they were carried away to Babylon:
   And after they were brought to Babylon, Jechonias begat Salathiel; and Salathiel begat Zorobabel;
   And Zorobabel begat Abiud; and Abiud begat Eliakim; and Eliakim begat Azor;
   And Azor begat Sadoc; and Sadoc begat Achim; and Achim begat Eliud;
   And Eliud begat Eleazar; and Eleazar begat Matthan; and Matthan begat Jacob;
   And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.