Childlessness

Sing, O barren, she hath not borne! Break forth with singing, and cry aloud, She hath not brought forth! For more <FI>are<Fi> the sons of the desolate, Than the sons of the married one, said Jehovah.

for, lo, days do come, in which they shall say, Happy the barren, and wombs that did not bare, and paps that did not give suck;

And I say to the unmarried and to the widows: it is good for them if they may remain even as I <FI>am<Fi> ;

and God shall wipe away every tear from their eyes, and the death shall not be any more, nor sorrow, nor crying, nor shall there be any more pain, because the first things did go away.'

Nor speak let a son of the stranger, Who is joined unto Jehovah, saying: `Jehovah doth certainly separate me from His people.' Nor say let the eunuch, `Lo, I am a tree dried up,' — read the full passage →

Lo, an inheritance of Jehovah <FI>are<Fi> sons, A reward <FI>is<Fi> the fruit of the womb. — read the full passage →

`And a man who taketh his brother's wife--it <FI>is<Fi> impurity; the nakedness of his brother he hath uncovered; childless they are.

`Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you;

For not a God desiring wickedness <FI>art<Fi> Thou, Evil inhabiteth Thee not.

And Hannah answereth and saith, `No, my lord, A woman sharply pained in spirit I <FI>am<Fi> , and wine and strong drink I have not drunk, and I pour out my soul before Jehovah; — read the full passage →

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

and make not sorrowful the Holy Spirit of God, in which ye were sealed to a day of redemption.

And Mary said unto the messenger, `How shall this be, seeing a husband I do not know?'

And the messenger said to her, `Fear not, Mary, for thou hast found favour with God;

And Zacharias said unto the messenger, `Whereby shall I know this? for I am aged, and my wife is advanced in her days?'

And he saith unto her, `As one of the foolish women speaketh, thou speakest; yea, the good we receive from God, and the evil we do not receive.' In all this Job hath not sinned with his lips.

Of man <FI>are<Fi> arrangements of the heart, And from Jehovah an answer of the tongue.

To the Overseer. --A Psalm of David, in the coming in unto him of Nathan the prophet, when he hath gone in unto Bath-Sheba. Favour me, O God, according to Thy kindness, According to the abundance of Thy mercies, Blot out my transgressions. — read the full passage →

And Sarai is barren--she hath no child.

And concerning the things of which ye wrote to me: good <FI>it is<Fi> for a man not to touch a woman, — read the full passage →

and he said unto them, `It is not yours to know times or seasons that the Father did appoint in His own authority;

who--not of blood nor of a will of flesh, nor of a will of man but--of God were begotten.

having gone, then, disciple all the nations, (baptizing them--to the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, — read the full passage →

for there are eunuchs who from the mother's womb were so born; and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by men; and there are eunuchs who kept themselves eunuchs because of the reign of the heavens: he who is able to receive <FI> it<Fi> --let him receive.'

and I, in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling, was with you;

and whence <FI>is<Fi> this to me, that the mother of my Lord might come unto me?

and the messenger said unto him, `Fear not, Zacharias, for thy supplication was heard, and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear a son to thee, and thou shalt call his name John,

and Zacharias, having seen, was troubled, and fear fell on him; — read the full passage →

one body and one Spirit, according as also ye were called in one hope of your calling;

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. — read the full passage →

and all the multitude of the people were praying without, at the hour of the perfume.

Of man <FI>are<Fi> arrangements of the heart, And from Jehovah an answer of the tongue. — read the full passage →

And sons of Jeconiah: Assir; Salathiel his son; — read the full passage →

And Isaac maketh entreaty to Jehovah before his wife, for she <FI>is<Fi> barren: and Jehovah is entreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceiveth,

fulfil ye my joy, that ye may mind the same thing--having the same love--of one soul--minding the one thing,

And I, having come unto you, brethren, came--not in superiority of discourse or wisdom--declaring to you the testimony of God, — read the full passage →

And being assembled together with them, he commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which, <FI>saith he,<Fi> `Ye did hear of me; — read the full passage →

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

and her adversity hath also provoked her greatly, so as to make her tremble, for Jehovah hath shut up her womb.

And having heard, they were pricked to the heart; they say also to Peter, and to the rest of the apostles, `What shall we do, men, brethren?' — read the full passage →