- they had:
- "And Abramª said,ª° Lordª GOD,ª what¹ wilt thou giveª° me, seeing I¹ goª° childless,ª and the stewardªª of my houseª [is] thisª Eliezerª of Damascus?ª ... And Abramª said,ª° Behold,¹ to me thou hast givenª° noª seed:ª and, lo,¹ one bornª in my houseª is mine heir.ª°" {Gen 15:2-3} + "Now Saraiª Abram'sª wifeª bare²° him no² children:ª°¹ and she had an handmaid,ª an Egyptian,ª whose nameª [was] Hagar.ª ... And Saraiª saidª° unto¹ Abram,ª Behold¹ now,¹ the LORDª hath restrained¹ me²° from bearing:ª°¹ I pray thee,¹ go inª° unto¹ my maid;ª it may² be¹ that I may obtain childrenª° by¹ her. And Abramª hearkenedª° to the voiceª of Sarai.ª" {Gen 16:1-2} + "And Isaacª intreatedª° the LORDª forª his wife,ª because¹ she¹ [was] barren:ª and the LORDª was intreatedª° of him, and Rebekahª his wifeª conceived.ª°" {Gen 25:21} + "And when Rachelª sawª° that¹ she bare²° Jacob² no children,¹¹¹ Rachelª enviedª° her sister;ª and saidª° unto¹ Jacob,ª Giveª° me children,ª or¹ elseª I¹ die.ª°" {Gen 30:1} + "And there was¹ a certainª manª of Zorah,²¹¹ of the familyª¹ of the Danites,ª whose nameª [was] Manoah;ª and his wifeª [was] barren,ª and bareª° not.¹ ... And the angelª of the LORDª appearedª° unto¹ the woman,ª and saidª° unto¹ her, Behold¹ now,¹ thou¹ [art] barren,ª and bearestª° not:¹ but thou shalt conceive,ª° and bearª° a son.ª" {Jdg 13:2-3} + "And he had twoª wives;ª the nameª of the oneª [was] Hannah,ª and the nameª of the otherª Peninnah:ª and Peninnahª had¹ children,ª but Hannahª had no¹ children.ª" {1Sm 1:2} + "But unto Hannahª he gaveª° aª worthyª portion;ª for¹ he lovedª°¹ Hannah:ª but the LORDª had shut upª° her womb.ª ... Then saidª° Elkanahª her husbandª to her, Hannah,ª why¹ weepestª° thou? and why¹ eatestª° thou not?¹ and why¹ is thy heartª grieved?²°¹ [am] not¹ I¹ betterª to thee than tenª¹ sons?ª" {1Sm 1:5-8}
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