Luke 1:7

Bible in Basic English 1965

And they were without children, because Elisabeth had never given birth, and they were at that time very old.

Cross References

Genesis 17:17

Then Abraham went down on his face, and laughing, said in his heart, May a man a hundred years old have a child? will Sarah, at ninety years old, give birth?

Genesis 18:11

Now Abraham and Sarah were very old, and Sarah was past the time for giving birth.

Genesis 25:21

Isaac made prayer to the Lord for his wife because she had no children; and the Lord gave ear to his prayer, and Rebekah became with child.

Genesis 30:1

Now Rachel, because she had no children, was full of envy of her sister; and she said to Jacob, If you do not give me children I will not go on living.

1 Kings 1:1

Now King David was old and far on in years; and though they put covers over him, his body was cold.

2 Kings 4:14

So he said, What then is to be done for her? And Gehazi made answer, Still there is this, she has no son and her husband is old.

Luke 1:5

In the days of Herod, king of Judaea, there was a certain priest, by name Zacharias, of the order of Abijah; and he had a wife of the family of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth.

Luke 1:6

They were upright in the eyes of God, keeping all the rules and orders of God, and doing no wrong.

Luke 1:8

Now it came about that in his turn he was acting as priest before God,

Romans 4:19

And not being feeble in faith though his body seemed to him little better than dead he being about a hundred years old and Sarah was no longer able to have children:

Hebrews 11:11

And by faith Sarah herself had power to give birth, when she was very old, because she had faith in him who gave his word;

1 Samuel 1:2

And he had two wives, one named Hannah and the other Peninnah: and Peninnah was the mother of children, but Hannah had no children.