Bible verses about "infertility" | Leeser

²¹ And Isaac entreated the Lord in behalf of his wife, because she was barren: and the Lord was entreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.

²⁸ And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the heaven, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

¹⁴ Blessed shalt thou be above all the nations; there shall not be a barren male or female among thee, nor among thy cattle.

²¹ And truly the Lord visited Hannah, and she conceived, and bore three sons and two daughters. And the lad Samuel grew up before the Lord.

³ Thy wife is then as a fruitful vine in the recesses of thy house: thy children, like olive-plants round about thy table.

² And thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God hath led thee these forty years in the wilderness, in order to afflict thee, to prove thee, to know what is in thy heart, whether thou wouldst keep his commandments, or not.

¹³ For thou possessest my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb.

³ Lo, children are an inheritance from the Lord: a reward is the fruit of the body.

³ He that healeth the broken-hearted, and bindeth up their hurts;

¹ Sing, O barren one, that thou hast not born: break forth into song, and rejoice aloud, that thou hast not travailed; for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the Lord. ² Enlarge the space of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thy habitations,—spare not: lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes; ³ For to the right and to the left shalt thou spread forth; and thy seed shall drive out nations, desolate cities shall they repeople. ⁴ Fear not, for thou shalt not be made ashamed; and be not confounded, for thou shalt not be put to the blush; for the shame of thy youth shalt thou forget, and the reproach of thy widowhood shalt thou not remember any more. ⁵ For thy husband is thy Maker, the Lord of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel, “The God of all the earth,” shall he be called. ⁶ For as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit did the Lord call thee back, and as a wife of youth, that was rejected, saith thy God. ⁷ But for a brief moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I again receive thee. ⁸ In a little wrath did I hide my face for a moment from thee; but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith thy Redeemer the Lord. ⁹ For as the waters of Noah is this unto me; as I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more pass over the earth: so have I sworn that I would not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee. ¹⁰ For the mountains may depart, and the hills may be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith he that hath mercy on thee, the Lord. ¹¹ O thou afflicted, tossed by the tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colors, and lay thy foundations with sapphires. ¹² And I will make of rubies thy battlements, and thy gates into carbuncle-stones, and all thy borders into precious stones. ¹³ And all thy children shall be disciples of the Lord; and great shall be the peace of thy children. ¹⁴ In righteousness shalt thou be established: keep far from oppression, for thou shalt not fear; and from terror, for it shall not come near unto thee. ¹⁵ Behold, they that assemble together, are nothing without me: whatsoever assembleth together against thee shall fall under thy power. ¹⁶ Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth the coals in the fire, and that bringeth forth an instrument for his work; and I have also created the waster to destroy. ¹⁷ No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that will rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their due reward from me, saith the Lord.

¹ And there was a certain man of Rama-thayim-zophim, of the mountain of Ephraim, whose name was Elkanah, the son of Yerocham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tochu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite. ² And he had two wives; the name of the one was Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah: Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children. ³ And this man went up out of his city from year to year to prostrate himself and to sacrifice unto the Lord of hosts in Shiloh. And at that place were the two sons of ‘Eli, Chophni and Phinehas, priests of the Lord. ⁴ And when the day was come that Elkanah offered, he gave to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and her daughters, portions; ⁵ But unto Hannah he gave a double portion; for Hannah he loved greatly; but the Lord had shut up her womb. ⁶ And her rival also provoked her continually, in order to make her fret; because the Lord had shut up her womb. ⁷ And he did so year by year, as often as she went up to the house of the Lord, so did she provoke her; wherefore she wept, and did not eat. ⁸ Then said to her Elkanah her husband, Hannah, why wilt thou weep? and why wilt thou not eat? and why should thy heart be grieved? am not I better to thee than ten sons? ⁹ And Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh, and after they had drunk; and ‘Eli the priest was sitting upon a chair by the door-post of the temple of the Lord. ¹⁰ But she had bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the Lord, and wept greatly. ¹¹ And she vowed a vow, and said, O Lord of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thy handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thy handmaid, but wilt give unto thy handmaid a man-child: then will I give him unto the Lord all the days of his life, and no razor shall come upon his head. ¹² And it came to pass, as she continued praying long before the Lord, that ‘Eli watched her mouth. ¹³ Now as for Hannah, she spoke in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice could not be heard; wherefore ‘Eli regarded her as a drunken woman. ¹⁴ And ‘Eli said unto her, How long wilt thou be drunken? put away thy wine from off thee. ¹⁵ And Hannah answered and said, No, my Lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit; but neither wine nor strong drink have I drunk, and I have poured out my soul before the Lord. ¹⁶ Esteem not thy handmaid as a worthless woman; for out of the abundance of my grief and vexation have I spoken hitherto. ¹⁷ Then ‘Eli answered and said, Go in peace; and may the God of Israel grant thy petition which thou hast asked of him. ¹⁸ And she said, Let thy handmaid find grace in thy eyes. The woman then went on her way, and did eat, and her countenance was no longer as before. ¹⁹ And they rose up early in the morning, and prostrated themselves before the Lord, and returned, and came to their house at Ramah; and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and the Lord remembered her. ²⁰ And it came to pass, after the lapse of some time, that Hannah conceived, and bore a son; and she called his name Samuel, saying, Because from the Lord have I asked him. ²¹ And the man Elkanah went up, with all his house, to offer unto the Lord the yearly sacrifice, and his vow. ²² But Hannah did not go up; for she said unto her husband, So soon as the child shall be weaned, then I will bring him, that he may appear before the Lord, and abide there for ever. ²³ And Elkanah her husband said unto her, Do what seemeth good in thy eyes; tarry until thou hast weaned him; only may the Lord fulfill his word. So the woman remained behind, and gave her son suck until she weaned him. ²⁴ And she took him up with her, when she had weaned him, with three bullocks, and one ephah of flour, and a bottle of wine, and she brought him unto the house of the Lord at Shiloh; although the child was yet young. ²⁵ And they slew a bullock, and brought the child to ‘Eli. ²⁶ And she said, Pardon, my Lord, as thy soul liveth, my Lord, I am the woman that stood by thee here, to pray unto the Lord. ²⁷ For this lad did I pray; and the Lord hath granted me my petition which I asked of him; ²⁸ Therefore also have I lent him, for my part, to the Lord; all the days that have been assigned to him shall he be lent to the Lord. And he bowed himself there before the Lord.

⁹ He causeth the barren woman to dwell in the midst of her household, the joyful mother of children. Hallelujah.