But Sarai was barren; she had no child.
Terah took his son Abram and his grandson Lot, son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, his son Abram’s wife, and they went out together from Ur of the Chaldeans to go into the land of Canaan, but when they came to Haran, they settled there.
Now Isaac pleaded with the Lord for his wife, because she was barren; and the Lord granted his plea, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
When the Lord saw that Leah was unloved, He opened her womb, but Rachel was barren.
He gives the barren woman a home, to be a joyful mother of children. Praise the Lord!
And behold, your cousin Elizabeth has also conceived a son in her old age. And this is the sixth month with her who was declared barren.
But they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren, and they both were now well advanced in years.
There was a certain man from Zorah, from the tribe of Dan. His name was Manoah. His wife was infertile and had borne no children.
And he had two wives; the name of one was Hannah and the name of the second was Peninnah. Now Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.
But to Hannah he gave a double portion because he loved Hannah, but the Lord had closed her womb.
