³⁰ Sarai was unable to conceive;^(A) she did not have a child.

Jacob’s Sons

³¹ When the Lord saw that Leah was unloved,^(A) He opened her womb;^(B) but Rachel was unable to conceive.^(C)

²⁶ No woman will miscarry or be childless in your land. I will give you the full number of your days.^(A)

² There was a certain man from Zorah,^(A) from the family of Dan, whose name was Manoah; his wife was unable to conceive and had no children. ³ The Angel of the Lord appeared to the woman and said to her, “It is true that you are unable to conceive and have no children, but you will conceive and give birth to a son.

Future Glory for Israel

³⁶ And consider your relative Elizabeth—even she has conceived a son in her old age, and this is the sixth month for her who was called childless.

²⁹ Look, the days are coming^(A) when they will say, ‘The women without children, the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed, are fortunate!’^(B)

²⁷ For it is written:^(A)