Genesis 11:30

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Genesis 11:30

But Sarai was barren; she had no child.

Barren

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Barren

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?”

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

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

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

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].

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

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.”

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.

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

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

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