1 Samuel 1:2

He had two wives, the first named Hannah and the second Peninnah. Peninnah had children, but Hannah was childless.

Genesis 4:19

Lamech took two wives for himself, one named Adah and the other named Zillah.

Genesis 4:23

Lamech said to his wives:

Adah and Zillah, hear my voice;
wives of Lamech, pay attention to my words.
For I killed a man for wounding me,
a young man for striking me.

Genesis 16:1-2

Abram’s wife Sarai had not borne any children for him, but she owned an Egyptian slave named Hagar.

Genesis 25:21

Isaac prayed to the Lord on behalf of his wife because she was childless. The Lord heard his prayer, and his wife Rebekah conceived.

Genesis 29:23-29

That evening, Laban took his daughter Leah and gave her to Jacob, and he slept with her.

Genesis 29:31

When the Lord saw that Leah was unloved, He opened her womb; but Rachel was unable to conceive.

Deuteronomy 21:15-17

“If a man has two wives, one loved and the other unloved, and both the loved and the unloved bear him sons, and if the unloved wife has the firstborn son,

Judges 8:30

Gideon had 70 sons, his own offspring, since he had many wives.

Judges 13:2

There was a certain man from Zorah, from the family of Dan, whose name was Manoah; his wife was unable to conceive and had no children.

Matthew 19:8

He told them, “Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because of the hardness of your hearts. But it was not like that from the beginning.

Luke 1:7

But they had no children because Elizabeth could not conceive, and both of them were well along in years.

Luke 2:36

There was also a prophetess, Anna, a daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was well along in years, having lived with her husband seven years after her marriage,

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