Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
For the LORD had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham's wife.
General references
Bible References
General references
Genesis 20:7
So now, return the wife of the man, for he [is] a prophet, so that he will pray for you and you will live. And {if you do not return her}, know that you will certainly die, and all that [are] yours."
Genesis 12:17
Then Yahweh afflicted Pharaoh and his household with severe plagues on account of the matter of Sarai the wife of Abram.
Genesis 16:2
And Sarai said to Abram, "Look, please, Yahweh has prevented me from bearing children. Please go in to my servant; perhaps {I will have children by her}." And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai.
Genesis 30:2
And Jacob {became angry} with Rachel. And he said, "[Am] I in the place of God, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?"
1 Samuel 1:6
(Now her rival wife would provoke her severely in order to upset her because Yahweh had closed her womb.)
1 Samuel 5:10
So they sent the ark of God [to] Ekron. But when the ark of God came [to] Ekron, the Ekronites cried out, saying, "They have brought around the ark of the God of Israel to kill us and our people!"