Saraiwas barren;she hadnochild.
TerahtookAbramhis son,and Lotthe sonof Haran,his grandson,and Saraihis daughter-in-law,his sonAbram'swife;and they wentout togetherfrom Urof the Chaldeansin order to enterthe landof Canaan;and they wentas faras Haran,and settledthere.
Isaacprayedto the LORDon behalfof his wife,becauseshe was barren;and the LORDansweredhim and Rebekahhis wifeconceived.
Now the LORDsawthat Leahwas unloved,and He openedher womb,but Rachelwas barren.
He makes the barrenwomanabidein the house[As] a joyfulmotherof children.Praisethe LORD!
"And behold,evenyour relativeElizabethhas alsoconceiveda sonin her old age;and she who was calledbarrenis now in her sixthmonth.
But they hadnochild,becauseElizabethwas barren,and they were bothadvancedin years.
There was a certainmanof Zorah,of the familyof the Danites,whose namewas Manoah;and his wifewas barrenand had borneno[children].
He had twowives:the nameof onewas Hannahand the nameof the otherPeninnah;and Peninnahhadchildren,but Hannahhadnochildren.
but to Hannahhe would givea doubleportion,for he lovedHannah,but the LORDhad closedher womb.
