13 Bible Verses about Reasons For Barrenness

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?

Abraham and Sarah were old, well advanced in age. Sarah had passed the age of childbearing.

Jehovah had made it impossible for any woman in Abimelech's household to have children because of Abraham's wife Sarah.

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.

Jacob became angry with Rachel. He said: I cannot take the place of God. He is the one who keeps you from having children.

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.

Whoever has sexual intercourse with his uncle's wife violates his uncle's marriage. That man and woman are guilty of sin. They will die without children.

He who marries his brother's wife violates his brother's marriage and does an unclean thing. That man and woman will have no children.

He has no offspring or descendants among his people, no survivor where once he lived.

But Samuel said: As your sword made women childless, so your mother will be made childless among women. Samuel cut Agag in pieces in the presence of Jehovah at Gilgal.

This is what Jehovah says: 'Write this about Jehoiakin: He will be childless. He will not prosper in his lifetime. None of his descendants will succeed him as king. They will not sit on David's throne and rule Judah again.'

Let his descendants be cut off and their family name be wiped out by the next generation.