13 Bible Verses about Reasons For Barrenness

And Abraham fell upon his face and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born to him that is a hundred years old? And shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear?

Now Abraham and Sarah were old, far gone in days, and it had ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.

For the Lord had closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech because of Sarah, Abraham's wife.

But to Hannah he gave one double portion, for he loved Hannah. But Jehovah had shut up her womb.

And her foe also provoked her grievously, in order to make her tremble, because Jehovah had shut up her womb.

And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel. And he said, Am I in God's stead, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?

And Sarai said to Abram, Behold now, Jehovah has kept me from bearing. I pray you, go in to my slave woman. It may be that I may be built by her. And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai.

And if a man shall lie with his uncle's wife, he has uncovered his uncle's nakedness. They shall bear their sin. They shall die childless.

And if a man shall take his brother's wife, it is an unclean thing. He has uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall be childless.

He shall have neither son nor kinsman among his people, nor any remaining in his dwellings.

And Samuel said, As your sword has made women childless, so shall your mother be childless among women. And Samuel cut Agag in pieces before Jehovah in Gilgal.

So says Jehovah, Write this man down as childless, a man who will not be blessed in his days. For no man of his seed shall be blessed, sitting on the throne of David and ruling any more in Judah.

Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let their name be blotted out.