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13For you have possessed my temperament. You have supported me from the womb of my mother.
5“Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you. And before you went forth from the womb, I sanctified you. And I made you a prophet to the nations.”
21And Isaac beseeched the Lord on behalf of his wife, because she was barren. And he heard him, and he gave conception to Rebekah.
28And God blessed them, and he said, “Increase and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and the flying creatures of the air, and over every living thing that moves upon the earth.”
9He causes a barren woman to live in a house, as the joyful mother of sons.
11By faith also, Sarah herself, being barren, received the ability to conceive offspring, even though she was past that age in life. For she believed him to be faithful, who had promised.
27And God created man to his own image; to the image of God he created him; male and female, he created them.
3And an Angel of the Lord appeared to her, and he said: “You are barren and without children. But you shall conceive and bear a son.
15My bone, which you have made in secret, has not been hidden from you, and my substance is in accord with the lower parts of the earth.
1All things have their time, and all things under heaven continue during their interval. 2A time to be born, and a time to die. A time to plant, and a time to pull up what was planted. 3A time to kill, and a time to heal. A time to tear down, and a time to build up.
5But to Hannah he gave one portion with sorrow. For he loved Hannah, but the Lord had closed her womb.
3Behold, the inheritance of the Lord is sons, the reward is the fruit of the womb.
36And behold, your cousin Elizabeth has herself also conceived a son, in her old age. And this is the sixth month for her who is called barren.
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.
20For you have been bought at a great price. Glorify and carry God in your body.