13 Bible Verses about Reasons For Barrenness

Then Abraham went down on his face, and laughing, said in his heart, May a man a hundred years old have a child? will Sarah, at ninety years old, give birth?

Now Abraham and Sarah were very old, and Sarah was past the time for giving birth.

For the Lord had kept all the women of the house of Abimelech from having children, because of Sarah, Abraham's wife.

But to Hannah he gave one part, though Hannah was very dear to him, but the Lord had not let her have children.

And the other wife did everything possible to make her unhappy, because the Lord had not let her have children;

But Jacob was angry with Rachel, and said, Am I in the place of God, who has kept your body from having fruit?

And Sarai said to Abram, See, the Lord has not let me have children; go in to my servant, for I may get a family through her. And Abram did as Sarai said.

And if a man has sex relations with the wife of his father's brother, he has put shame on his father's brother: their sin will be on them; till the day of their death they will have no children.

And if a man takes his brother's wife, it is an unclean act; he has put shame on his brother; they will have no children.

He has no offspring or family among his people, and in his living-place there is no one of his name.

And Samuel said, As your sword has made women without children, so now your mother will be without children among women. And Agag was cut up by Samuel, bone from bone, before the Lord in Gilgal.

The Lord has said, Let this man be recorded as having no children, a man who will not do well in all his life: for no man of his seed will do well, seated on the seat of the kingdom of David and ruling again in Judah.

Let his seed be cut off; in the coming generation let their name go out of memory.