Gen 29:31, 1Sa 1:5-6, Isa 4:1, Luk 1:21, 25, 27 | ESV | STEP | When the Lord saw that Leah was hated , he opened her womb , but Rachel was barren .

Genesis 29:31

Jacob’s Children

31 When the Lord saw that Leah was ^ahated, ^bhe opened her womb, but Rachel was barren.

1 Samuel 1:5-6

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} 6 And her rival used to provoke her grievously to irritate her, because the Lord had closed her womb.

Isaiah 4:1

1 ^dAnd seven women ^eshall take hold of ^fone man in that day, saying, “We will eat our own bread and wear our own clothes, only let us be called by your name; ^gtake away our reproach.”

Luke 1:21

21 And the people were waiting for Zechariah, and they were wondering at his delay in ^hthe temple.

Luke 1:25

25 “Thus the Lord has done for me in the days when he looked on me, ⁱto take away my reproach among people.”

Luke 1:27

27 ^jto a virgin betrothed ^{▼▼That is, legally pledged to be married} to a man whose name was Joseph, ^lof the house of David. And the virgin’s name was Mary.