13 Bible Verses about Childlessness

Now Sarai was barren. She had no children.

Sarai, Abram's wife, had borne him no children. She had an Egyptian maidservant named Hagar. She said to Abram: Jehovah has kept me from having children. Go sleep with my maidservant. Perhaps I can build a family through her. Abram agreed to what Sarai said.

Abraham fell to his face. He laughed and said to himself: Will a son be born to a man a hundred years old? Will Sarah bear a child at the age of ninety?

Isaac prayed to Jehovah for his wife because she was childless. Jehovah answered his prayer. His wife Rebekah became pregnant.

Jehovah saw that Leah was loved less, so he made it possible for her to have children. But Rachel had none.

There was a man named Manoah from the town of Zorah. He was a member of the tribe of Dan. His wife was not able to have children. Jehovah's angel appeared to her and said: You have not been able to have children, but you will become pregnant and have a son.

He had two wives, one named Hannah and the other Peninnah. Peninnah was the mother of children. Hannah had no children.

He gave a double portion to Hannah. Hannah was very dear to him even though Jehovah had not given her children. The other wife did everything possible to make her unhappy. This is because Jehovah had not given her children.

He makes a childless woman a joyful mother. Praise Jehovah!

Sing joyfully, O barren woman, you who never bore a child! Burst into song and shout for joy, you who were never in labor! More are the children of the desolate woman than of the woman, who has a husband, proclaims Jehovah.

They had no child for Elizabeth was barren and they both were well advanced in years.

Your relative Elisabeth has also conceived a son even in her old age. This so-called barren woman is in her sixth month.

The days are coming when they will say blessed are the barren those without children and the breasts that never nursed.