13 Bible Verses about Reasons For Barrenness

And Abraham fell on his face and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born to him that is a hundred years old? and shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear?

Now Abraham and Sarah were old and advanced in age: it had ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.

For Jehovah had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech because of Sarah Abraham's wife.

but to Hannah he used to give a double portion, for he loved Hannah; but Jehovah had shut up her womb.

And her adversary provoked her much also, to make her fret, because Jehovah had shut up her womb.

And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel, and he said, Am I in God's stead, who has withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?

And Sarai said to Abram, Behold now, Jehovah has shut me up, that I do not bear. Go in, I pray thee, to my maidservant: it may be that I shall be built up by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.

And if a man lie with his aunt, he hath uncovered his uncle's nakedness: their sin shall they bear: they shall die childless.

And if a man take his brother's wife, it is an unclean thing: he hath uncovered his brother's nakedness: they shall be childless.

He hath neither son nor grandson among his people, nor any remaining in the places of his sojourn.

And Samuel said, As thy sword has made women childless, so shall thy mother be childless above women. And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before Jehovah in Gilgal.

Thus saith Jehovah: Write this man childless, a man that shall not prosper in his days; for no man of his seed shall prosper, sitting upon the throne of David, and ruling any more in Judah.

Let his posterity be cut off; in the generation following let their name be blotted out: