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?”
2 Kings 4:14 - New Revised Standard Version He said, “What then may be done for her?” Gehazi answered, “Well, she has no son, and her husband is old.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And he said, What then is to be done for her? And Gehazi answered, Verily she hath no child, and her husband is old. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Later Elisha said, What then is to be done for her? Gehazi answered, She has no child and her husband is old. American Standard Version (1901) And he said, What then is to be done for her? And Gehazi answered, Verily she hath no son, and her husband is old. Common English Bible Elisha asked, “So what can be done for her?” Gehazi said, “Well, she doesn’t have a son, and her husband is old.” Catholic Public Domain Version And he said, "Then what does she want, that I might do for her?" And Gehazi said: "You need not ask. For she has no son, and her husband is elderly." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he said: What will she then that I do for her? And Giezi said: Do not ask; for she hath no son, and her husband is old. |
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?”
Isaac prayed to the Lord for his wife, because she was barren; and the Lord granted his prayer, and his wife Rebekah conceived.
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!”
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.”
But they had no children, because Elizabeth was barren, and both were getting on in years.
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.
He had two wives; the name of the one was Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah. Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.
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?”