But Sarai was barren; she had no children.

Indeed, ¹  let that night be barren; ²  let no shout of joy ³  penetrate ⁴  it!

the grave, ¹  the barren womb, ²  land that is not satisfied with water, and fire that never says, “Enough!” ³ 

He preys on ¹  the barren and childless woman, ²  and does not treat the widow well.

No woman will miscarry her young ¹  or be barren in your land. I will fulfill ²  the number of your days.

For the company of the godless is barren, ¹  and fire ²  consumes the tents of those who accept bribes. ³ 

He makes the barren woman of the family ¹  a happy mother of children. ²  Praise the Lord!

But they did not have a child, because Elizabeth was barren, ¹  and they were both very old. ² 

When the Lord saw that Leah was unloved, ¹  he enabled her to become pregnant ²  while Rachel remained childless.

“And look, ¹  your relative ²  Elizabeth has also become pregnant with ³  a son in her old age – although she was called barren, she is now in her sixth month! ⁴ 

For this is certain: ¹  The days are coming when they will say, ‘Blessed are the barren, the wombs that never bore children, and the breasts that never nursed!’ ² 

Isaac prayed to ¹  the Lord on behalf of his wife because she was childless. The Lord answered his prayer, and his wife Rebekah became pregnant.

There was a man named Manoah from Zorah, from the Danite tribe. His wife was infertile and childless. ¹ 

Those who are well-fed hire themselves out to earn food, but the hungry no longer lack. Even ¹  the barren woman gives birth to seven, ²  but the one with many children withers away. ³ 

For it is written: “Rejoice, O barren woman who does not bear children; ¹  break forth and shout, you who have no birth pains, because the children of the desolate woman are more numerous than those of the woman who has a husband.” ² 

to whom I appointed the steppe for its home, the salt wastes as its dwelling place?

You will be blessed beyond all peoples; there will be no barrenness ¹  among you or your livestock.

By faith, even though Sarah herself was barren and he was too old, ¹  he received the ability to procreate, ²  because he regarded the one who had given the promise to be trustworthy.

The Lord’s angelic ¹  messenger appeared to the woman and said to her, “You ²  are infertile and childless, ³  but you will conceive and have a son.

“Shout for joy, O barren one who has not given birth! Give a joyful shout and cry out, you who have not been in labor! For the children of the desolate one are more numerous than the children of the married woman,” says the Lord.