7 childless women who gave birth with God's help



  1. Sarah, Abraham's wife (barren and aged) Genesis 11:30 Now Sarai was childless because she was not able to conceive. 21:1,2 Now the LORD was gracious to Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did for Sarah what he had promised. Sarah became pregnant and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at the very time God had promised him. 
  2. Rebekah, Isaac's wife (childless Genesis 25:21   Isaac prayed to the LORD on behalf of his wife, because she was childless. The LORD answered his prayer, and his wife Rebekah became pregnant. 
  3. Rachel, Jacob's wife (childless) Genesis 29:31 When the LORD saw that Leah was not loved, he enabled her to conceive, but Rachel remained childless. 30:22 Then God remembered Rachel; he listened to her and enabled her to conceive. 
  4. Samson's mother (barren) Judges 13:2, 3 A certain man of Zorah, named Manoah, from the clan of the Danites, had a wife who was childless, unable to give birth. The angel of the LORD appeared to her and said, "You are barren and childless, but you are going to become pregnant and give birth to a son. 
  5. Hannah, Samuel's mother (childless) 1 Samuel 1:5  But to Hannah he gave a double portion because he loved her, and the LORD had closed her womb. 20 So in the course of time Hannah became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She named him Samuel, saying, "Because I asked the LORD for him." 
  6. Elizabeth, mother of John the Baptist (barren and aged) Luke 1:7 But they were childless because Elizabeth was not able to conceive, and they were both very old. 24,25 After this his wife Elizabeth became pregnant and for five months remained in seclusion. "The Lord has done this for me," she said. "In these days he has shown his favor and taken away my disgrace among the people." 
  7. Mary, mother of Jesus (virgin) Matthew 1:18 This is how the birth of Jesus the Messiah came about: His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit. 

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