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'Childless' in the Bible

Abram said, “O Lord God, what will You give me, since I am childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?”

Verse ConceptsAbrahamMoney, Stewardship OfWhat God Gives

If there is a man who lies with his uncle’s wife he has uncovered his uncle’s nakedness; they will bear their sin. They will die childless.

Verse ConceptsIncurring GuiltOffspringForbidden Sexual RelationshipsReasons For BarrennessNakedness Uncovered

If there is a man who takes his brother’s wife, it is abhorrent; he has uncovered his brother’s nakedness. They will be childless.

Verse ConceptsForbidden Sexual RelationshipsReasons For BarrennessNakedness UncoveredMarriage ControlledRelationships With BoyfriendRelationships And DatingSame Sex Marriage

But Samuel said, “As your sword has made women childless, so shall your mother be childless among women.” And Samuel hewed Agag to pieces before the Lord at Gilgal.

Verse ConceptsDeath penaltySwordsPeople Cut In PiecesReasons For BarrennessKilling Kings

Therefore, give their children over to famineAnd deliver them up to the power of the sword;And let their wives become childless and widowed.Let their men also be smitten to death,Their young men struck down by the sword in battle.

Verse ConceptsRevenge, Examples OfFamine KillingApproval To Kill

“Thus says the Lord,‘Write this man down childless,A man who will not prosper in his days;For no man of his descendants will prosperSitting on the throne of DavidOr ruling again in Judah.’”

Verse ConceptsOffspringReasons For BarrennessNot ProsperingThe Dynasty Of David

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