But they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both well advanced in years.

And behold, your relative Elizabeth in her old age has also conceived a son; and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren.

For behold, the days are coming when they will say, 'Blessed are the barren, the wombs that never bore, and the breasts that never nursed!'

For it is written, "Rejoice, O barren woman who does not bear; break forth and shout, you who are not in labor; for the children of the desolate are more numerous than the children of her who has a husband."