Genesis 16:2

So Sarai told Abram, "You are well aware that the LORD has prevented me from giving birth to a child. Go have sex with my servant, so that I may possibly bear a son through her."

Genesis 3:1-6

Now the Shining One was more clever than any animal of the field that the LORD God had made. He asked the woman, "Did God actually say, "You are not to eat from any tree of the garden'?"

Genesis 3:12

The man answered, "The woman whom you provided for me gave me fruit from the tree, and I ate some of it."

Genesis 3:17

He told the man, "Because you have listened to what your wife said, and have eaten from the tree about which I commanded you, "You must not eat from it,' cursed is the ground because of you. You'll eat from it through pain-filled labor for the rest of your life.

Genesis 17:16

I will bless her. Furthermore, I will give you a son from her. I will bless her, so that nations, kings, and people will come from her."

Genesis 18:10

Then one of them said, "I will certainly return to you in about a year's time. By then, your wife Sarah will have borne a son."

Genesis 20:18

since the LORD had made all the women barren in Abimelech's household on account of Abraham's wife Sarah.

Genesis 25:21

Later, Isaac prayed to the LORD on behalf of his wife, since she was unable to conceive children, and the LORD responded to him his wife Rebekah became pregnant.

Genesis 30:2-4

That made Jacob angry with Rachel, so he asked her, "Can I take God's place, who has not allowed you to conceive?"

Genesis 30:6

Then Rachel said, "God has vindicated me! He has heard my voice and has given me a son." Therefore, she named him Dan.

Genesis 30:9-10

When Leah saw that she had stopped bearing children, she took her woman servant Zilpah and gave her to Jacob as a wife.

Genesis 30:22

Then God remembered Rachel. He listened to her and opened her womb,

Exodus 21:4

If his master gives him a wife and she bears him sons or daughters, the wife and children belong to her master, and he is to go out by himself.

Ruth 4:11

Then all of the assembled people, including the elders who were there, said, "We are witnesses! May the LORD make this woman who enters your house like Rachel and Leah, who together established the house of Israel. May you prosper in Ephrathah, and may you excel in Bethlehem!

Psalm 127:3

Children are a gift from the LORD; a productive womb, the LORD's reward.

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Summary

And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the LORD hath restrained me from bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.

Hearkened

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Bible References

The lord

Genesis 17:16
I will bless her. Furthermore, I will give you a son from her. I will bless her, so that nations, kings, and people will come from her."
Genesis 18:10
Then one of them said, "I will certainly return to you in about a year's time. By then, your wife Sarah will have borne a son."
Genesis 20:18
since the LORD had made all the women barren in Abimelech's household on account of Abraham's wife Sarah.
Genesis 25:21
Later, Isaac prayed to the LORD on behalf of his wife, since she was unable to conceive children, and the LORD responded to him his wife Rebekah became pregnant.
Genesis 30:2
That made Jacob angry with Rachel, so he asked her, "Can I take God's place, who has not allowed you to conceive?"
Psalm 127:3
Children are a gift from the LORD; a productive womb, the LORD's reward.

Obtain children

Genesis 30:3
Rachel responded, "Here's my handmaid Bilhah. Go have sex with her. She can bear children on my knees so I can have children through her."
Exodus 21:4
If his master gives him a wife and she bears him sons or daughters, the wife and children belong to her master, and he is to go out by himself.
Ruth 4:11
Then all of the assembled people, including the elders who were there, said, "We are witnesses! May the LORD make this woman who enters your house like Rachel and Leah, who together established the house of Israel. May you prosper in Ephrathah, and may you excel in Bethlehem!

Hearkened

Genesis 3:1
Now the Shining One was more clever than any animal of the field that the LORD God had made. He asked the woman, "Did God actually say, "You are not to eat from any tree of the garden'?"

General references

Genesis 20:18
since the LORD had made all the women barren in Abimelech's household on account of Abraham's wife Sarah.

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