Childlessness
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A reproach
Gen 16:2; 29:32; 30:1–3, 13; 1 Sam 1:6; Isa 4:1; Luke 1:25
2 And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the LORD hath restrained me from bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.
Genesis 16:232 And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name Reuben: for she said, Surely the LORD hath looked upon my affliction; now therefore my husband will love me.
Genesis 29:321 And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die. 2 And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, Am I in God's stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb? 3 And she said, Behold my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; and she shall bear upon my knees, that I may also have children by her.
Genesis 30:113 And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed: and she called his name Asher.
Genesis 30:136 And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the LORD had shut up her womb.
1 Samuel 1:61 And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by thy name, to take away our reproach.
Isaiah 4:125 Thus hath the Lord dealt with me in the days wherein he looked on me, to take away my reproach among men.
Luke 1:25 - See Barrenness
From Nave’s Topical Bible (1896), by Orville J. Nave.
