Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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.
Obtain children
Hearkened
General references
Bible References
The lord
Genesis 17:16
And I will bless her, and give you a son also of her. Yes, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations, kings of people shall be from her.
Genesis 18:10
And He said, I will certainly return to you according to the time of life, and lo, Sarah your wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard in the tent door which was behind Him.
Genesis 20:18
For the Lord had closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech because of Sarah, Abraham's wife.
Genesis 25:21
And Isaac prayed to Jehovah for his wife, because she was barren. And Jehovah heard him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
Genesis 30:2
And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel. And he said, Am I in God's stead, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?
Psalm 127:3
Lo, children are the inheritance of Jehovah; the fruit of the womb is a reward.
Obtain children
Genesis 30:3
And she said, Behold my slave woman Bilhah; go in to her, and she shall bear upon my knees, and yea, let me be built up from her, me also.
Exodus 21:4
If his master has given him a wife, and she has borne him sons or daughters, the wife and her children shall be her master's, and he shall go out by himself.
Ruth 4:11
And all the people in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. May Jehovah make the woman who has come into your house like Rachel and like Leah, for these two built the house of Israel. And may you be blessed in Ephratah, and be famous in Bethlehem.
Hearkened
Genesis 3:1
Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which Jehovah God had made. And he said to the woman, Is it so that God has said, You shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
General references
Genesis 20:18
For the Lord had closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech because of Sarah, Abraham's wife.