Now Sarai,Abram'swifehad bornehim no[children], and she had an Egyptianmaidwhose namewas Hagar.
Saraiwas barren;she hadnochild.
Therefore he treatedAbramwellfor her sake;and gavehim sheepand oxenand donkeysand maleand femaleservantsand femaledonkeysand camels.
and the Amoriteand the Canaaniteand the Girgashiteand the Jebusite."
But Godsaidto Abraham,"Do not be distressedbecauseof the ladand your maid;whateverSarahtellsyou, listento her, for throughIsaacyour descendantsshall be named.
He livedin the wildernessof Paran,and his mothertooka wifefor him from the landof Egypt.
Isaacprayedto the LORDon behalfof his wife,becauseshe was barren;and the LORDansweredhim and Rebekahhis wifeconceived.
"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.
Thisis allegorically speaking,for these[women] are twocovenants:one[proceeding] from MountSinaibearing childrenwho are to be slaves;she is Hagar.
There was a certainmanof Zorah,of the familyof the Danites,whose namewas Manoah;and his wifewas barrenand had borneno[children].
but to Hannahhe would givea doubleportion,for he lovedHannah,but the LORDhad closedher womb.
