Luke 1:7
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7 But they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both well advanced in years.
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Hebrews 11:11
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11 By faith (A)Sarah herself also received strength to conceive seed, and (B)she[a] bore a child when she was past the age, because she judged Him (C)faithful who had promised.
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- Hebrews 11:11 NU omits she bore a child
Genesis 18:11
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11 Now (A)Abraham and Sarah were old, well advanced in age; and [a]Sarah (B)had passed the age of childbearing.
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- Genesis 18:11 Lit. the manner of women had ceased to be with Sarah
1 Samuel 1:2
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2 And he had (A)two wives: the name of one was Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah. Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.
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Genesis 25:21
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21 Now Isaac pleaded with the Lord for his wife, because she was barren; (A)and the Lord granted his plea, (B)and Rebekah his wife conceived.
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2 Kings 4:14
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14 So he said, “What then is to be done for her?”
And Gehazi answered, “Actually, she has no son, and her husband is old.”
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Judges 13:2-3
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2 Now there was a certain man from (A)Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren and had no children. 3 And the (B)Angel of the Lord appeared to the woman and said to her, “Indeed now, you are barren and have borne no children, but you shall conceive and bear a son.
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Genesis 17:17
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17 Then Abraham fell on his face (A)and laughed, and said in his heart, “Shall a child be born to a man who is one hundred years old? And shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear a child?”
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Genesis 16:1-2
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Hagar and Ishmael
16 Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, (A)had borne him no children. And she had (B)an Egyptian maidservant whose name was (C)Hagar. 2 (D)So Sarai said to Abram, “See now, the Lord (E)has restrained me from bearing children. Please, (F)go in to my maid; perhaps I shall [a]obtain children by her.” And Abram (G)heeded the voice of Sarai.
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- Genesis 16:2 Lit. be built up from
Romans 4:19
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19 And not being weak in faith, (A)he did not consider his own body, already dead (since he was about a hundred years old), (B)and the deadness of Sarah’s womb.
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1 Kings 1:1
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Adonijah Presumes to Be King
1 Now King David was (A)old, [a]advanced in years; and they put covers on him, but he could not get warm.
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- 1 Kings 1:1 Seventy years
1 Samuel 1:5-8
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5 But to Hannah he would give a double portion, for he loved Hannah, (A)although the Lord had closed her womb. 6 And her rival also (B)provoked her severely, to make her miserable, because the Lord had closed her womb. 7 So it was, year by year, when she went up to the house of the Lord, that she provoked her; therefore she wept and did not eat.
Hannah’s Vow
8 Then Elkanah her husband said to her, “Hannah, why do you weep? Why do you not eat? And why is your heart grieved? Am I not (C)better to you than ten sons?”
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Genesis 30:1
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Jacob’s Children
30 Now when Rachel saw that (A)she bore Jacob no children, Rachel (B)envied her sister, and said to Jacob, “Give me children, (C)or else I die!”
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Genesis 15:2-3
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2 (A)But Abram said, “Lord God, what will You give me, (B)seeing I [a]go childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?” 3 Then Abram said, “Look, You have given me no offspring; indeed (C)one[b] born in my house is my heir!”
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- Genesis 15:2 am childless
- Genesis 15:3 a servant
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