2 Kings 4:14

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

He said, “What then may be done for her?” Gehazi answered, “Well, she has no son, and her husband is old.”

Cross References

Genesis 17:17

Then Abraham fell on his face and laughed and said to himself, “Can a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Can Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear a child?”

Genesis 25:21

Isaac prayed to the Lord for his wife because she was barren, and the Lord granted his prayer, and his wife Rebekah conceived.

Genesis 30:1

When Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, she envied her sister, and she said to Jacob, “Give me children, or I shall die!”

2 Kings 4:13

He said to him, “Say to her: Since you have taken all this trouble for us, what may be done for you? Would you have a word spoken on your behalf to the king or to the commander of the army?” She answered, “I live among my own people.”

2 Kings 4:15

He said, “Call her.” When he had called her, she stood at the door.

Luke 1:7

But they had no children because Elizabeth was barren, and both were getting on in years.

Judges 13:2

There was a certain man of Zorah, of the tribe of the Danites, whose name was Manoah. His wife was barren, having borne no children.

1 Samuel 1:2

He had two wives; the name of one was Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah. Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.

1 Samuel 1:8

Her husband Elkanah said to her, “Hannah, why do you weep? Why do you not eat? Why is your heart sad? Am I not more to you than ten sons?”