But Sarai was barren; she had no child.
And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son’s son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram’s wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came to Haran, and dwelt there.
And Isaac appealed to the LORD for his wife, because she was barren: and the LORD heard him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
And when the LORD saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren.
He makes the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the LORD.
And, behold, your cousin Elizabeth, she has also conceived a son in her old age: and this is the sixth month with her, who was called barren.
And they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren, and they both were now well advanced in years.
And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and did not bear.
And he had two wives; the name of the one was Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah: and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.
But to Hannah he gave an extra portion; for he loved Hannah: but the LORD had shut up her womb.
