Gen 16:2, 25:21, 50:19, 1Sa 1:5, 2:5-6, 2Ki 5:7 | ESV | STEP | And Sarai said to Abram , Behold now , the Lord has prevented me from bearing children. Go in to my servant ; it may be that I shall obtain children by her. And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai .

Genesis 16:2

2 And Sarai said to Abram, “Behold now, the Lord has prevented me from bearing children. Go in to my servant; it may be that I shall obtain children ^{▼▼Hebrew be built up, which sounds like the Hebrew for children} by her.” And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai.

Genesis 25:21

21 And Isaac prayed to the Lord for his wife, because she was barren. And ^bthe Lord granted his prayer, and Rebekah his wife conceived.

Genesis 50:19

19 But Joseph said to them, “Do not fear, for ^cam I in the place of God?

1 Samuel 1:5

5 But 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 2:5-6

5 Those who were full have hired themselves out for bread,
but those who were hungry have ceased to hunger.
^eThe barren has borne seven,
^fbut she who has many children is forlorn.
6 ^gThe Lord kills and brings to life;
he brings down to Sheol and raises up.

2 Kings 5:7

7 And when the king of Israel read the letter, ^hhe tore his clothes and said, ⁱ“Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man sends word to me to cure a man of his leprosy? Only ^jconsider, and see how he is seeking a quarrel with me.”