Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, had not borne him children. But she had an Egyptian slave-girl—her name was Hagar.
Sarai was barren; she did not have a child.
But Abram was treated well for her sake, and he got sheep, cattle, male donkeys, male and female slaves, female donkeys and camels.
the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.”
But God said to Abraham, “Do not be displeased about the boy and your slave woman. Whatever Sarah says to you, listen to her voice. For through Isaac shall your seed be called.
He dwelled in the wilderness of Paran, and his mother took a wife for him from the land of Egypt.
Isaac prayed to Adonai on behalf of his wife because she was barren. Adonai answered his plea and his wife Rebekah became pregnant.
Behold, even your relative Elizabeth has conceived a son in her old age; and the one who was called barren is six months pregnant.
But they were childless, because Elizabeth was barren and both of them were elderly.
Now these things are being treated allegorically, for these are two covenants. One is from Mount Sinai, giving birth to slavery—this is Hagar.
Now there was a certain man from Zorah, from a Danite clan, whose name was Manoah. His wife was barren and bore no children.
but to Hannah he would give only one portion—even though he loved Hannah—for Adonai had closed her womb.