Luke 1:7
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7 But they were childless because Elizabeth was not able to conceive, and they were both very old.
Hebrews 11:11
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11 And by faith even Sarah, who was past childbearing age,(A) was enabled to bear children(B) because she[a] considered him faithful(C) who had made the promise.
Footnotes
- Hebrews 11:11 Or By faith Abraham, even though he was too old to have children—and Sarah herself was not able to conceive—was enabled to become a father because he
Genesis 18:11
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1 Samuel 1:2
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2 He had two wives;(A) one was called Hannah and the other Peninnah. Peninnah had children, but Hannah had none.
Genesis 25:21
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21 Isaac prayed to the Lord on behalf of his wife, because she was childless.(A) The Lord answered his prayer,(B) and his wife Rebekah became pregnant.
2 Kings 4:14
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14 “What can be done for her?” Elisha asked.
Gehazi said, “She has no son, and her husband is old.”
Judges 13:2-3
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2 A certain man of Zorah,(A) named Manoah,(B) from the clan of the Danites,(C) had a wife who was childless,(D) unable to give birth. 3 The angel of the Lord(E) appeared to her(F) and said, “You are barren and childless, but you are going to become pregnant and give birth to a son.(G)
Genesis 17:17
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17 Abraham fell facedown;(A) he laughed(B) and said to himself, “Will a son be born to a man a hundred years old?(C) Will Sarah bear a child at the age of ninety?”(D)
Genesis 16:1-2
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Hagar and Ishmael
16 Now Sarai,(A) Abram’s wife, had borne him no children.(B) But she had an Egyptian slave(C) named Hagar;(D) 2 so she said to Abram, “The Lord has kept me from having children.(E) Go, sleep with my slave; perhaps I can build a family through her.”(F)
Abram agreed to what Sarai said.
Romans 4:19
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19 Without weakening in his faith, he faced the fact that his body was as good as dead(A)—since he was about a hundred years old(B)—and that Sarah’s womb was also dead.(C)
1 Kings 1:1
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Adonijah Sets Himself Up as King
1 When King David was very old, he could not keep warm even when they put covers over him.
1 Samuel 1:5-8
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5 But to Hannah he gave a double portion(A) because he loved her, and the Lord had closed her womb.(B) 6 Because the Lord had closed Hannah’s womb, her rival kept provoking her in order to irritate her.(C) 7 This went on year after year. Whenever Hannah went up to the house of the Lord, her rival provoked her till she wept and would not eat.(D) 8 Her husband Elkanah would say to her, “Hannah, why are you weeping? Why don’t you eat? Why are you downhearted? Don’t I mean more to you than ten sons?(E)”
Genesis 30:1
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30 When Rachel saw that she was not bearing Jacob any children,(A) she became jealous of her sister.(B) So she said to Jacob, “Give me children, or I’ll die!”
Genesis 15:2-3
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2 But Abram said, “Sovereign Lord,(A) what can you give me since I remain childless(B) and the one who will inherit[a] my estate is Eliezer of Damascus?(C)” 3 And Abram said, “You have given me no children; so a servant(D) in my household(E) will be my heir.”
Footnotes
- Genesis 15:2 The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.
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