Genesis 11:30
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30 Sarai was unable to conceive;(A) she did not have a child.
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Genesis 29:31
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Jacob’s Sons
31 When the Lord saw that Leah was unloved,(A) He opened her womb;(B) but Rachel was unable to conceive.(C)
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Exodus 23:26
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26 No woman will miscarry or be childless in your land. I will give you the full number of your days.(A)
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Judges 13:2-3
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2 There was a certain man from Zorah,(A) from the family of Dan, whose name was Manoah; his wife was unable to conceive and had no children. 3 The Angel of the Lord appeared to the woman and said to her, “It is true that you are unable to conceive and have no children, but you will conceive and give birth to a son.
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1 Samuel 2:5
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5 Those who are full hire themselves out for food,
but those who are starving hunger no more.
The woman who is childless gives birth to seven,(A)
but the woman with many sons pines away.(B)
Job 24:21
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21 They prey on[a] the childless woman who is unable to conceive,
and do not deal kindly with the widow.
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- Job 24:21 LXX, Tg read They harm
Isaiah 54:1
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Future Glory for Israel
54 “Rejoice, childless one, who did not give birth;
burst into song and shout,
you who have not been in labor!(A)
For the children of the forsaken one will be more
than the children of the married woman,”(B)
says the Lord.
Luke 1:36
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36 And consider your relative Elizabeth—even she has conceived a son in her old age, and this is the sixth month for her who was called childless.
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Luke 23:29
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29 Look, the days are coming(A) when they will say, ‘The women without children, the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed, are fortunate!’(B)
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Galatians 4:27
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27 For it is written:(A)
Rejoice, childless woman,(B)
who does not give birth.
Burst into song and shout,
you who are not in labor,
for the children of the desolate are many,
more numerous than those
of the woman who has a husband.(C)[a]
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Hebrews 11:11
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11 By faith even Sarah herself, when she was unable to have children, received power to conceive offspring, even though she was past the age, since she[a] considered that the One who had promised was faithful.(A)
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- Hebrews 11:11 Or By faith Abraham, even though he was past age—and Sarah herself was barren—received the ability to procreate since he
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