BARRENNESS

→ (Sterility of women)

→ A reproach Ge 30:22,23; 1Sa 1:6,7; 2:1-11; Isa 4:1; Lu 1:25

→ Miraculously removed, instances of

• Sarai Ge 17:15-21

• Rebecca Ge 25:21

• Manoah's wife Jud 13

• Hannah 1Sa 1:6-20

• Elisabeth Lu 1:5-25

→ Sent as a judgment Ge 20:17,18

→ See CHILDLESSNESS