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Sarai

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Gen. 15:2‑3• 2{i}And Abram said,{/i} Lord Jehovah, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless? and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus?
 3And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed, and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir. (Gen. 15:2‑3)
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Gen. 16:1‑2• 1{i}And Sarai Abram's wife did not bear him children. And she had an Egyptian maidservant; and her name was Hagar.{/i}
 2{i}And Sarai said to Abram, Behold now, Jehovah has shut me up, that I do not bear. Go in, I pray thee, to my maidservant: it may be that I shall be built up by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.{/i} (Gen. 16:1‑2)
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Gen. 18:11‑12• 11{i}Now Abraham and Sarah were old and advanced in age: it had ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.{/i}
 12{i}And Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am become old, shall I have pleasure, and my lord old?{/i} (Gen. 18:11‑12)
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Gen. 21:1‑2• 1And Jehovah visited Sarah as he had said, and Jehovah did unto Sarah as he had spoken.
 2For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him. (Gen. 21:1‑2)
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Gen. 25:21• 21And Isaac entreated Jehovah for his wife, because she [was] barren; and Jehovah was entreated of him, and Rebecca his wife conceived. (Gen. 25:21)
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Gen. 29:31• 31And when Jehovah saw that Leah [was] hated, he opened her womb; but Rachel [was] barren. (Gen. 29:31)
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Gen. 30:1‑2• 1And when Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and she said to Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.
 2And 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? (Gen. 30:1‑2)
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Judg. 13:2• 2There was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, {i}and his name was Manoah. And{/i} his wife was barren, and bare not. (Judg. 13:2)
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1 Sam. 1:2• 2{i}And he had two wives: the name of the one was Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah; and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.{/i} (1 Sam. 1:2)
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Psa. 113:9• 9He maketh a barren one to dwell [in] the house{HR}Glad mother of its sons.{HR}Praise ye Jah. (Psa. 113:9)
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Luke 1:7,36• 7And they had no child, because Elisabeth was barren; and they were both advanced in years.
 36{i}And behold, Elizabeth, thy kinswoman, she also has conceived a son in her old age, and this is the sixth month to her that was called barren:{/i} (Luke 1:7,36)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And Sarai was barren: she had no child.

W. Kelly Translation

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And Sarah was barren; she [had] no child.