Genesis 4:1
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Cain Murders Abel
4 The man was intimate with his wife Eve, and she conceived and gave birth to Cain. She said, “I have had a male child with the Lord’s help.”[a]
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- 4:1 Lit the Lord
Genesis 18:11
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11 Abraham and Sarah were old and getting on in years.[a] Sarah had passed the age of childbearing.(A)
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- 18:11 Lit days
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, “Although you are unable to conceive and have no children, you will conceive and give birth to a son.
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1 Samuel 1:2
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2 He had two wives,(A) the first named Hannah(B) and the second Peninnah. Peninnah had children, but Hannah was childless.
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1 Samuel 2:20
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20 Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife:(A) “May the Lord give you children by this woman in place of the one she[a] has given to the Lord.”(B) Then they would go home.
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- 2:20 DSS; MT reads he
Psalm 113:9
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9 He gives the childless woman a household,
making her the joyful mother of children.(A)
Hallelujah!
Psalm 127:3-5
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3 Sons are indeed a heritage from the Lord,
offspring, a reward.(A)
4 Like arrows in the hand of a warrior
are the sons born in one’s youth.(B)
5 Happy is the man who has filled his quiver with them.(C)
They will never be put to shame
when they speak with their enemies at the city gate.(D)
Hebrews 11:11-12
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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) 12 Therefore, from one man—in fact, from one as good as dead—came offspring as numerous as the stars of the sky and as innumerable as the grains of sand along the seashore.(B)
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- 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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