13 Bible Verses about Childlessness
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And Sarai, Abram's wife, brought not forth to him; and to her a maid servant, an Egyptian, and her name Hagar. And Sarai will say to Abram, Behold now, Jehovah restrained me from bringing forth; go now to my maid servant; perhaps I shall have children from her. And Abram will listen to the voice of Sarai.
And Abraham will fall upon his face and laugh, and will say in his heart, Shall there be born to the son of a hundred years? and shall Sarah the daughter of ninety years, bring forth?
And Isaak will supplicate to Jehovah for his wife, because she was barren: and Jehovah will be supplicated for him, and Rebekah his wife will conceive.
And Jehovah will see that Leah was hated, and he will open her womb: and Rachel barren.
And there will be one man from Zorah from the families of the Danites, and his name Manoah; and his wife sterile, and she bare not And a messenger of Jehovah will be seen to the woman, and will say to her, Behold, now, thou art barren, and bearest not; and thou conceivedst and bearest a son.
And to him two wives; the name of the one Hannah, and the name of the second Peninnah: and there will be to Peninnah children, and to Hannah no children.
And to Hannah he will give one portion more, for he loved Hannah; and Jehovah. shut up her womb. Being grieved, her distress grieved her so that she was moved because Jehovah shut up about her womb
Causing the sterile woman to dwell in the house, a mother of sons being glad. Praise ye Jah.
Shout, thou barren, not bringing forth; break forth in shouting, cry aloud, not being pained; for more the sons of the desolate than the sons of the married, said Jehovah.
And no child was to them, as Elizabeth was barren, and both were advanced in their days.
And, behold, Elizabeth thy kinsman, she also having conceived a son in her old age: and this is the sixth month to her, called barren.
For, behold, the days are coming in which they shall say, Happy the barren, and the wombs which never brought forth, and the breasts which gave not suck.
From Thematic Bible
Childlessness » A reproach
And Leah will say, In my happiness, for the daughters will pronounce me happy; and she will call his name Asher.
And seven women shall lay hold upon one man in that day, saying, We will eat our bread, and we will be clothed with our garments: only thy name shall be called upon us to take away our reproach.
That so has the Lord done to me in days which he looked upon, to take away my reproach among men.
And Sarai will say to Abram, Behold now, Jehovah restrained me from bringing forth; go now to my maid servant; perhaps I shall have children from her. And Abram will listen to the voice of Sarai.
And Leah will conceive and will bring forth a son, and she will call his name Reuben: for she said that Jehovah saw my affliction, for now my husband will love me.
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Being grieved, her distress grieved her so that she was moved because Jehovah shut up about her womb And so she will do year by year when she went up to the house of Jehovah, so she will be grieved, and she will weep and will not eat
And Rachel will see that she shall not bring forth to Jacob, and Rachel will envy her sister, and will say to Jacob, Give me sons, and if not, I die.
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