² But Jacob was angry with Rachel, and said, Am I in the place of God, who has kept your body from having fruit?

² And Sarai said to Abram, See, the Lord has not let me have children; go in to my servant, for I may get a family through her. And Abram did as Sarai said.

⁵ But to Hannah he gave one part, though Hannah was very dear to him, but the Lord had not let her have children.

²⁶ Be angry without doing wrong; let not the sun go down on your wrath;

⁴² And she said with a loud voice: May blessing be on you among women, and a blessing on the child of your body.

⁵ And looking round on them he was angry, being sad because of their hard hearts; and he said to the man, Put out your hand. And he put it out, and his hand was made well.

²² But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will be in danger of being judged; and he who says to his brother, Raca, will be in danger from the Sanhedrin; and whoever says, You foolish one, will be in danger of the hell of fire.

³ See, sons are a heritage from the Lord; the fruit of the body is his reward.

⁹ He gives the unfertile woman a family, making her a happy mother of children. Give praise to the Lord.

⁷ But the king of Israel, after reading the letter, was greatly troubled and said, Am I God, to give death and life? why does this man send a leper to me to be made well? is it not clear that he is looking for a cause of war?

⁵ Those who were full are offering themselves as servants for bread; those who were in need are at rest; truly, she who had no children has become the mother of seven; and she who had a family is wasted with sorrow.

⁶ The Lord is the giver of death and life: sending men down to the underworld and lifting them up.

¹³ And he will give you his love, blessing you and increasing you: he will send his blessing on the offspring of your body and the fruit of your land, your grain and your wine and your oil, the increase of your cattle and the young of your flock, in the land which by his oath to your fathers he undertook to give you.

¹⁴ You will have greater blessings than any other people: no male or female among you or among your cattle will be without offspring.

¹⁹ And when he came near the tents he saw the image of the ox, and the people dancing; and in his wrath Moses let the stones go from his hands, and they were broken at the foot of the mountain.

¹⁹ And Joseph said, Have no fear: am I in the place of God?

³⁶ Then Jacob was angry with Laban, and said, What crime or sin have I done that you have come after me with such passion?

³¹ Now the Lord, seeing that Leah was not loved, gave her a child; while Rachel had no children.

²¹ Isaac made prayer to the Lord for his wife because she had no children; and the Lord gave ear to his prayer, and Rebekah became with child.

¹⁸ For the Lord had kept all the women of the house of Abimelech from having children, because of Sarah, Abraham's wife.