³⁰ And Sarai is barren -- she hath no child.

² And Abram saith, `Lord Jehovah, what dost Thou give to me, and I am going childless? and an acquired son in my house is Demmesek Eliezer.'

³ And Abram saith, `Lo, to me Thou hast not given seed, and lo, a domestic doth heir me.'

⁷ and they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and both were advanced in their days.

⁹ Causing the barren one of the house to sit, A joyful mother of sons; praise ye Jah!

² and he hath two wives, the name of the one `is' Hannah, and the name of the second Peninnah, and Peninnah hath children, and Hannah hath no children.

² And there is a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danite, and his name `is' Manoah, his wife `is' barren, and hath not borne;

¹ And Rachel seeth that she hath not borne to Jacob, and Rachel is envious of her sister, and saith unto Jacob, `Give me sons, and if there is none -- I die.'

² And Jacob's anger burneth against Rachel, and he saith, `Am I in stead of God who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?'

³¹ And Jehovah seeth that Leah `is' the hated one, and He openeth her womb, and Rachel `is' barren;

²¹ And Isaac maketh entreaty to Jehovah before his wife, for she `is' barren: and Jehovah is entreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceiveth,

¹ And Jehovah hath looked after Sarah as He hath said, and Jehovah doth to Sarah as He hath spoken;

² and Sarah conceiveth, and beareth a son to Abraham, to his old age, at the appointed time that God hath spoken of with him;

¹¹ And Sarah is hearkening at the opening of the tent, which is behind him;

¹² and Abraham and Sarah `are' aged, entering into days -- the way of women hath ceased to be to Sarah;

¹ And Sarai, Abram's wife, hath not borne to him, and she hath an handmaid, an Egyptian, and her name `is' Hagar;

² and Sarai saith unto Abram, `Lo, I pray thee, Jehovah hath restrained me from bearing, go in, I pray thee, unto my handmaid; perhaps I am built up from her;' and Abram hearkeneth to the voice of Sarai.

³⁶ and lo, Elisabeth, thy kinswoman, she also hath conceived a son in her old age, and this is the sixth month to her who was called barren;