Genesis 11:30

But Sarai was barren; she did not have a child.

Genesis 15:2-3

Abram said, “Lord God, what reward will You give me, since I am [leaving this world] childless, and he who will be the owner and heir of my house is this [servant] Eliezer from Damascus?”

Genesis 16:1-2

Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, had not borne him any children, and she had an Egyptian maid whose name was Hagar.

Genesis 18:11-12

Now Abraham and Sarah were old, well advanced in years; she was past [the age of] childbearing.

Genesis 21:1-2

The Lord graciously remembered and visited Sarah as He had said, and the Lord did for her as He had promised.

Genesis 25:21

Isaac prayed to the Lord for his wife, because she was unable to conceive children; and the Lord granted his prayer and Rebekah his wife conceived [twins].

Genesis 29:31

Now when the Lord saw that Leah was unloved, He made her able to bear children, but Rachel was barren.

Genesis 30:1-2

When Rachel saw that she conceived no children for Jacob, she envied her sister, and said to Jacob, “Give me children, or else I will die.”

Judges 13:2

And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was infertile and had no children.

1 Samuel 1:2

He had two wives, one named Hannah and the other named Peninnah. Peninnah had children, but Hannah had none.

Psalm 113:9


He makes the barren woman live in the house
As a joyful mother of children.
Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!)

Luke 1:7

But they were childless, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both far advanced in years.

Luke 1:36

And listen, even your relative Elizabeth has also conceived a son in her old age; and she who was called barren is now in her sixth month.

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Barren

Genesis 15:2
Abram said, “Lord God, what reward will You give me, since I am [leaving this world] childless, and he who will be the owner and heir of my house is this [servant] Eliezer from Damascus?”
Genesis 16:1
Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, had not borne him any children, and she had an Egyptian maid whose name was Hagar.
Genesis 18:11
Now Abraham and Sarah were old, well advanced in years; she was past [the age of] childbearing.
Genesis 21:1
The Lord graciously remembered and visited Sarah as He had said, and the Lord did for her as He had promised.
Genesis 25:21
Isaac prayed to the Lord for his wife, because she was unable to conceive children; and the Lord granted his prayer and Rebekah his wife conceived [twins].
Genesis 29:31
Now when the Lord saw that Leah was unloved, He made her able to bear children, but Rachel was barren.
Genesis 30:1
When Rachel saw that she conceived no children for Jacob, she envied her sister, and said to Jacob, “Give me children, or else I will die.”
Judges 13:2
And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was infertile and had no children.
1 Samuel 1:2
He had two wives, one named Hannah and the other named Peninnah. Peninnah had children, but Hannah had none.
Psalm 113:9

He makes the barren woman live in the house
As a joyful mother of children.
Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!)
Luke 1:7
But they were childless, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both far advanced in years.