Genesis 16:1
Sarai and Hagar
1 aNow Sarai, Abram’s wife, had borne him no children. She had a female Egyptian servant whose name was bHagar.Genesis 20:18
18For the Lord chad closed all the wombs of the house of Abimelech because of Sarah, Abraham’s wife.Genesis 21:1-2
The Birth of Isaac
1The Lord dvisited Sarah as he had said, and the Lord did to Sarah eas he had promised. 2And Sarah fconceived and bore Abraham a son in his old age gat the time of which God had spoken to him.Genesis 25:21
21And Isaac prayed to the Lord for his wife, because she was barren. And hthe Lord granted his prayer, and Rebekah his wife conceived.Genesis 30:1-2
1When Rachel saw that ishe bore Jacob no children, she envied her sister. She said to Jacob, “Give me children, or I shall die!” 2Jacob’s anger was kindled against Rachel, and he said, “Am I in the place of God, jwho has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?”Genesis 30:22
22Then God kremembered Rachel, and God listened to her and lopened her womb.Judges 13:2-3
2There was a certain man of mZorah, of the tribe of the Danites, whose name was Manoah. nAnd his wife was barren and had no children. 3 oAnd the angel of the Lord appeared to the woman and said to her, “Behold, you are barren and have not borne children, but you shall conceive and bear a son.1 Samuel 1:5
5But to Hannah he gave a double portion, because he loved her, though the Lord had closed her womb. ▼▼Syriac; the meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain. Septuagint And, although he loved Hannah, he would give Hannah only one portion, because the Lord had closed her womb
1 Samuel 1:20
20And in due time Hannah conceived and bore a son, and she called his name Samuel, for she said, “I have asked for him from the Lord.” ▼▼ Samuel sounds like the Hebrew for heard of God
1 Samuel 1:27
27For this child I prayed, rand the Lord has granted me my petition that I made to him.
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