barrenness
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21And Isaac beseeched the Lord on behalf of his wife, because she was barren. And he heard him, and he gave conception to Rebekah.
9He causes a barren woman to live in a house, as the joyful mother of sons.
14Blessed shall you be among all peoples. No one will be barren among you of either gender, as much among men as among your herds.
26There will not be fruitless or barren ones in your land. I will fill up the number of your days.
1Give praise, you who are barren and unable to conceive. Sing praise and make a joyful noise, you who have not given birth. For many are the children of the desolate, more so than of her who has a husband, says the Lord.
27For it was written: “Rejoice, O barren one, though you do not conceive. Burst forth and cry out, though you do not give birth. For many are the children of the desolate, even more than of her who has a husband.”
30But Sarai was barren and had no children.
31But the Lord, seeing that he despised Leah, opened her womb, but her sister remained barren.
7And they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren, and they both had become advanced in years.
5Those who before were filled, have hired themselves out for bread. And the starving have been filled, so that the barren have given birth to many. But she who had borne many sons has become unable.
29For behold, the days will arrive in which they will say, ‘Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that have not borne, and the breasts that have not nursed.’