Genesis 11:30

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But Sarai was barren; she had no child.

But Abram said, "O sovereign Lord, what will you give me since I continue to be childless, and my heir is Eliezer of Damascus?"

Now Sarai, Abram's wife, had not given birth to any children, but she had an Egyptian servant named Hagar.

Abraham and Sarah were old and advancing in years; Sarah had long since passed menopause.)

The Lord visited Sarah just as he had said he would and did for Sarah what he had promised.

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

When the Lord saw that Leah was unloved, he enabled her to become pregnant while Rachel remained childless.

When Rachel saw that she could not give Jacob children, she became jealous of her sister. She said to Jacob, "Give me children or I'll die!"

There was a man named Manoah from Zorah, from the Danite tribe. His wife was infertile and childless.

He had two wives; the name of the first was Hannah and the name of the second was Peninnah. Now Peninnah had children, but Hannah was childless.

He makes the barren woman of the family a happy mother of children. Praise the Lord!

But they did not have a child, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both very old.