Genesis 16:2

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she said to her husband: "Behold, the Lord has closed me, lest I give birth. Enter to my handmaid, so that perhaps I may receive sons of her at least." And when he agreed to her supplication,

Cross References

Genesis 11:30

But Sarai was barren and had no children.

Genesis 17:16

And I will bless her, and from her I will give you a son, whom I will bless, and he will be among the nations, and the kings of the peoples will rise from him."

Genesis 18:10

And he said to him, "When returning, I will come to you at this time, with life as a companion, and your wife Sarah will have a son." Hearing this, Sarah laughed behind the door of the tent.

Genesis 19:31

And the elder said to the younger: "Our father is old, and no man remains in the land who can enter to us according to the custom of the whole world.

Genesis 20:18

For the Lord had closed every womb of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah, the wife of Abraham.

Genesis 25:21

And Isaac beseeched the Lord on behalf of his wife, because she was barren. And he heard him, and he gave conception to Rebekah.

Genesis 3:12

And Adam said, "The woman, whom you gave to me as a companion, gave to me from the tree, and I ate."

Genesis 3:17

Yet truly, to Adam, he said: "Because you have listened to the voice of your wife, and have eaten of the tree, from which I instructed you that you should not eat, cursed is the land that you work. In hardship shall you eat from it, all the days of your life.

Genesis 30:22

The Lord, likewise remembering Rachel, heeded her and opened her womb.

Genesis 30:6

And Rachel said, "The Lord has judged for me, and he has heeded my voice, giving me a son." And because of this, she called his name Dan.

Psalm 127:3

Your wife is like an abundant vine on the sides of your house. Your sons are like young olive trees surrounding your table.

Exodus 21:4

But if his lord gave him a wife, and she has borne sons and daughters, the woman and her children shall belong to her lord. Yet still, he himself will go out with his clothing.

Ruth 4:11

All the people who were at the gate, along with the eldest, answered, "We are witnesses. May the Lord make this woman, who enters into your house, like Rachel, and Leah, who built up the house of Israel, so that she may be an example of virtue in Ephrathah, and so that her name may be honored in Bethlehem.