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Barren

Genesis 15:2
But Abram said, “Lord God, what can You give me, since I am childless and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?”
Genesis 16:1
Abram’s wife Sarai had not borne any children for him, but she owned an Egyptian slave named Hagar.
Genesis 18:11
Abraham and Sarah were old and getting on in years. Sarah had passed the age of childbearing.
Genesis 21:1
The Lord came to Sarah as He had said, and the Lord did for Sarah what He had promised.
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 29:31
When the Lord saw that Leah was unloved, He opened her womb; but Rachel was unable to conceive.
Genesis 30:1
When Rachel saw that she was not bearing Jacob any children, she envied her sister. “Give me sons, or I will die!” she said to Jacob.
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.
1 Samuel 1:2
He had two wives, the first named Hannah and the second Peninnah. Peninnah had children, but Hannah was childless.
Psalm 113:9
He gives the childless woman a household,
making her the joyful mother of children.
Hallelujah!
Luke 1:7
But they had no children because Elizabeth could not conceive, and both of them were well along in years.

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