Isaac prayed to Adonai on behalf of his wife because she was barren. Adonai answered his plea and his wife Rebekah became pregnant.
Psalm 113:9 - Tree of Life Version He settles the barren woman in her home as a joyful mother of children. Halleluyah! Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 He maketh the barren woman to keep house, And to be a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the LORD. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition He makes the barren woman to be a homemaker and a joyful mother of [spiritual] children. Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!) American Standard Version (1901) He maketh the barren woman to keep house, And to be a joyful mother of children. Praise ye Jehovah. Common English Bible God nests the once barren woman at home— now a joyful mother with children! Praise the LORD! Catholic Public Domain Version Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to your name give glory. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Not to us, O Lord, not to us; but to thy name give glory. |
Isaac prayed to Adonai on behalf of his wife because she was barren. Adonai answered his plea and his wife Rebekah became pregnant.
Nevertheless, the woman conceived and bore a son during that season the following year, just as Elisha had told her.
A father of orphans, defender of widows, is God in His holy dwelling.
“Sing, barren one, who has not given birth. burst into singing and shout, you who have not travailed. For more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married one,” says Adonai.
If, however, the woman has not defiled herself and is clean, she will be free from guilt and be able to have children.
For it is written: “Rejoice, O barren woman who bears no children. Break forth and shout, you who suffer no labor pains. For more are the children of the desolate than of the one who has a husband.”
Those full hire themselves for bread, but those starving hunger no more. Even the barren gives birth to seven, but she with many sons languishes.