Luke 1:7

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And they were without children, because Elisabeth had never given birth, and they were at that time very old.

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  • Gen 18:11 : 11 Now Abraham and Sarah were very old, and Sarah was past the time for giving birth.
  • Heb 11:11 : 11 And by faith Sarah herself had power to give birth, when she was very old, because she had faith in him who gave his word;
  • Gen 25:21 : 21 Isaac made prayer to the Lord for his wife because she had no children; and the Lord gave ear to his prayer, and Rebekah became with child.
  • 1 Sam 1:2 : 2 And he had two wives, one named Hannah and the other Peninnah: and Peninnah was the mother of children, but Hannah had no children.
  • Gen 16:1-2 : 1 Now Sarai, Abram's wife, had given him no children; and she had a servant, a woman of Egypt whose name was Hagar. 2 And Sarai said to Abram, See, the Lord has not let me have children; go in to my servant, for I may get a family through her. And Abram did as Sarai said.
  • Gen 17:17 : 17 Then Abraham went down on his face, and laughing, said in his heart, May a man a hundred years old have a child? will Sarah, at ninety years old, give birth?
  • Judg 13:2-3 : 2 Now there was a certain man of Zorah of the family of the Danites, and his name was Manoah; and his wife had never given birth to a child. 3 And the angel of the Lord came to the woman, and said to her, See now! though you have never given birth to children, you will be with child and give birth to a son.
  • Gen 15:2-3 : 2 And Abram said, What will you give me? for I have no child and this Eliezer of Damascus will have all my wealth after me. 3 And Abram said, You have given me no child, and a servant in my house will get the heritage.
  • Gen 30:1 : 1 Now Rachel, because she had no children, was full of envy of her sister; and she said to Jacob, If you do not give me children I will not go on living.
  • 1 Sam 1:5-8 : 5 But to Hannah he gave one part, though Hannah was very dear to him, but the Lord had not let her have children. 6 And the other wife did everything possible to make her unhappy, because the Lord had not let her have children; 7 And year by year, whenever she went up to the house of the Lord, she kept on attacking her, so that Hannah gave herself up to weeping and would take no food. 8 Then her husband Elkanah said to her, Hannah, why are you weeping? and why are you taking no food? why is your heart troubled? am I not more to you than ten sons?
  • 1 Kgs 1:1 : 1 Now King David was old and far on in years; and though they put covers over him, his body was cold.
  • 2 Kgs 4:14 : 14 So he said, What then is to be done for her? And Gehazi made answer, Still there is this, she has no son and her husband is old.
  • Rom 4:19 : 19 And not being feeble in faith though his body seemed to him little better than dead (he being about a hundred years old) and Sarah was no longer able to have children:

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Luke 1:5-6
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    82%

    5In the days of Herod, king of Judaea, there was a certain priest, by name Zacharias, of the order of Abijah; and he had a wife of the family of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth.

    6They were upright in the eyes of God, keeping all the rules and orders of God, and doing no wrong.

  • Luke 1:36-37
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    36Even now Elisabeth, who is of your family, is to be a mother, though she is old: and this is the sixth month with her who was without children.

    37For there is nothing which God is not able to do.

  • Luke 1:18
    77%

    18And Zacharias said to the angel, How may I be certain of this? For I am an old man, and my wife is far on in years.

  • Luke 1:8
    76%

    8Now it came about that in his turn he was acting as priest before God,

  • Luke 1:56-59
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    56And Mary was with her for about three months and then went back to her house.

    57Now it was time for Elisabeth to give birth, and she had a son.

    58And it came to the ears of her neighbours and relations that the Lord had been very good to her, and they took part in her joy.

    59And on the eighth day they came to see to the circumcision of the child, and they would have given him the name of Zacharias, his father's name;

  • Luke 1:23-25
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    76%

    23And when the days of his work in the Temple were ended, he went back to his house.

    24After that time, Elisabeth, being certain that she was to become a mother, kept herself from men's eyes for five months, saying,

    25The Lord has done this to me, for his eyes were on me, to take away my shame in the eyes of men.

  • Gen 11:30
    74%

    30And Sarai had no child.

  • Gen 18:11
    73%

    11Now Abraham and Sarah were very old, and Sarah was past the time for giving birth.

  • Luke 1:13-15
    3 verses
    72%

    13But the angel said, Have no fear, Zacharias, for your prayer has come to the ears of God, and your wife Elisabeth will have a son, and his name will be John.

    14And you will be glad and have great delight; and numbers of people will have joy at his birth.

    15For he will be great in the eyes of the Lord; he will not take wine or strong drink; and he will be full of the Spirit of God from his birth.

  • Luke 1:40-41
    2 verses
    70%

    40And went into the house of Zacharias and took Elisabeth in her arms.

    41And when the voice of Mary came to the ears of Elisabeth, the baby made a sudden move inside her; then Elisabeth was full of the Holy Spirit,

  • Judg 13:2-3
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    2Now there was a certain man of Zorah of the family of the Danites, and his name was Manoah; and his wife had never given birth to a child.

    3And the angel of the Lord came to the woman, and said to her, See now! though you have never given birth to children, you will be with child and give birth to a son.

  • Luke 2:36-37
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    69%

    36And there was one, Anna, a woman prophet, the daughter of Phanuel, of the family of Asher (she was very old, and after seven years of married life

    37She had been a widow for eighty-four years); she was in the Temple at all times, worshipping with prayers and going without food, night and day.

  • Luke 1:75
    69%

    75In righteousness and holy living before him all our days.

  • Gen 21:2
    69%

    2And Sarah became with child, and gave Abraham a son when he was old, at the time named by God.

  • Luke 1:66-67
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    69%

    66And all who had word of them kept them in their minds and said, What will this child be? For the hand of the Lord was with him.

    67And his father, Zacharias, was full of the Holy Spirit, and with the voice of a prophet said these words:

  • 2 Kgs 4:14
    68%

    14So he said, What then is to be done for her? And Gehazi made answer, Still there is this, she has no son and her husband is old.

  • Rom 4:19
    68%

    19And not being feeble in faith though his body seemed to him little better than dead (he being about a hundred years old) and Sarah was no longer able to have children:

  • Luke 2:6-7
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    68%

    6And while they were there, the time came for her to give birth.

    7And she had her first son; and folding him in linen, she put him to rest in the place where the cattle had their food, because there was no room for them in the house.

  • Luke 1:44
    67%

    44For, truly, when the sound of your voice came to my ears, the baby in my body made a sudden move for joy.

  • Luke 1:20-21
    2 verses
    67%

    20Now, see, you will be without voice or language till the day when these things come about, because you had not faith in my words, which will have effect at the right time.

    21And the people were waiting for Zacharias and were surprised because he was in the Temple for such a long time.

  • Gen 24:1
    67%

    1Now Abraham was old and far on in years: and the Lord had given him everything in full measure.

  • Gen 21:5
    67%

    5Now Abraham was a hundred years old when the birth of Isaac took place.

  • Luke 1:27
    67%

    27To a virgin who was to be married to a man named Joseph, of the family of David; and the name of the virgin was Mary.

  • Gal 4:27
    67%

    27For it is in the Writings, You who have never given birth, be glad; give cries of joy, you who have had no birth-pains; for the children of her who has been given up by her husband are more than those of the woman who has a husband.

  • Matt 1:18
    67%

    18Now the birth of Jesus Christ was in this way: when his mother Mary was going to be married to Joseph, before they came together the discovery was made that she was with child by the Holy Spirit.

  • Luke 2:40
    67%

    40And the child became tall and strong and full of wisdom, and the grace of God was on him.

  • Luke 2:27-28
    2 verses
    67%

    27And full of the Spirit he came into the Temple; and when the father and mother came in with the child Jesus, to do with him what was ordered by the law,

    28Then he took him in his arms and gave praise to God and said,

  • Luke 1:61-62
    2 verses
    66%

    61And they said, Not one of your relations has that name.

    62And they made signs to his father, to say what name was to be given to him.

  • Judg 13:7
    66%

    7But he said to me, You are with child and will give birth to a son; and now do not take any wine or strong drink or let anything unclean be your food; for the child will be separate to God from his birth to the day of his death.

  • Luke 1:80
    66%

    80And the child became tall, and strong in spirit; and he was living in the waste land till the day when he came before the eyes of Israel.

  • Heb 11:11
    66%

    11And by faith Sarah herself had power to give birth, when she was very old, because she had faith in him who gave his word;