Thematic Bible: Childlessness regarded as a misfortune


Thematic Bible



And Abram said, Lord GOD, what will you give me, seeing I go childless, and the heir of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus?

And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and bare not.


And he had two wives; the name of the one was Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah: and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.

Therefore Michal the daughter of Saul had no child unto the day of her death.

And he said, What then is to be done for her? And Gehazi answered, Verily she has no child, and her husband is old.

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

There were therefore seven brothers: and the first took a wife, and died without children.