What Does the Bible Say About Infertility?

Genesis 25:21

“And 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.”

1 Samuel 1:5-6

“But to Hannah he gave a double portion because he loved her, and the Lord had closed her womb. Because the Lord had closed Hannah’s womb, her rival kept provoking her in order to irritate her.”

Psalm 113:9

“He settles the childless woman in her home as a happy mother of children. Praise the Lord.”

Luke 1:7

“But they were childless because Elizabeth was not able to conceive, and they were both very old.”

Jeremiah 1:5

“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”

Hosea 9:14

“Give them, Lord—what will you give them? Give them wombs that miscarry and breasts that are dry.”

Isaiah 54:1

“Sing, barren woman, you who never bore a child; burst into song, shout for joy, you who were never in labor; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband,” says the Lord.”