Luke 1:7

World English Bible (2000)

But they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren, and they both were well advanced in years.

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  • Gen 18:11 : 11 Now Abraham and Sarah were old, well advanced in age. Sarah had passed the age of childbearing.
  • Heb 11:11 : 11 By faith, even Sarah herself received power to conceive, and she bore a child when she was past age, since she counted him faithful who had promised.
  • Gen 25:21 : 21 Isaac entreated Yahweh for his wife, because she was barren. Yahweh was entreated by him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
  • 1 Sam 1:2 : 2 and he had two wives; the name of the one was Hannah, and the name of other Peninnah: and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.
  • Gen 16:1-2 : 1 Now Sarai, Abram's wife, bore him no children. She had a handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar. 2 Sarai said to Abram, "See now, Yahweh has restrained me from bearing. Please go in to my handmaid. It may be that I will obtain children by her." Abram listened to the voice of Sarai.
  • Gen 17:17 : 17 Then Abraham fell on his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, "Will a child be born to him who is one hundred years old? Will Sarah, who is ninety years old, give birth?"
  • Judg 13:2-3 : 2 There was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and didn't bear. 3 The angel of Yahweh appeared to the woman, and said to her, "See now, you are barren, and don't bear; but you shall conceive, and bear a son.
  • Gen 15:2-3 : 2 Abram said, "Lord Yahweh, what will you give me, since I go childless, and he who will inherit my estate is Eliezer of Damascus?" 3 Abram said, "Behold, to me you have given no seed: and, behold, one born in my house is my heir."
  • Gen 30:1 : 1 When Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister. She said to Jacob, "Give me children, or else I will die."
  • 1 Sam 1:5-8 : 5 but to Hannah he gave a double portion; for he loved Hannah, but Yahweh had shut up her womb. 6 Her rival provoked her severely, to make her fret, because Yahweh had shut up her womb. 7 [as] he did so year by year, when she went up to the house of Yahweh, so she provoked her; therefore she wept, and did not eat. 8 Elkanah her husband said to her, "Hannah, why do you weep? Why don't you eat? Why is your heart grieved? Am I not better to you than ten sons?"
  • 1 Kgs 1:1 : 1 Now king David was old and stricken in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he couldn't keep warm.
  • 2 Kgs 4:14 : 14 He said, "What then is to be done for her?" Gehazi answered, "Most certainly she has no son, and her husband is old."
  • Rom 4:19 : 19 Without being weakened in faith, he didn't consider his own body, already having been worn out, (he being about a hundred years old), and the deadness of Sarah's womb.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Luke 1:5-6
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    82%

    5 There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the priestly division of Abijah. He had a wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.

    6 They were both righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord.

  • Luke 1:36-37
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    36 Behold, Elizabeth, your relative, also has conceived a son in her old age; and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren.

    37 For everything spoken by God is possible."

  • Luke 1:18
    77%

    18 Zacharias said to the angel, "How can I be sure of this? For I am an old man, and my wife is well advanced in years."

  • Luke 1:8
    76%

    8 Now it happened, while he executed the priest's office before God in the order of his division,

  • Luke 1:56-59
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    56 Mary stayed with her about three months, and then returned to her house.

    57 Now the time that Elizabeth should give birth was fulfilled, and she brought forth a son.

    58 Her neighbors and her relatives heard that the Lord had magnified his mercy towards her, and they rejoiced with her.

    59 It happened on the eighth day, that they came to circumcise the child; and they would have called him Zacharias, after the name of the father.

  • Luke 1:23-25
    3 verses
    76%

    23 It happened, when the days of his service were fulfilled, he departed to his house.

    24 After these days Elizabeth, his wife, conceived, and she hid herself five months, saying,

    25 "Thus has the Lord done to me in the days in which he looked at me, to take away my reproach among men."

  • Gen 11:30
    74%

    30 Sarai was barren. She had no child.

  • Gen 18:11
    73%

    11 Now Abraham and Sarah were old, well advanced in age. Sarah had passed the age of childbearing.

  • Luke 1:13-15
    3 verses
    72%

    13 But the angel said to him, "Don't be afraid, Zacharias, because your request has been heard, and your wife, Elizabeth, will bear you a son, and you shall call his name John.

    14 You will have joy and gladness; and many will rejoice at his birth.

    15 For he will be great in the sight of the Lord, and he will drink no wine nor strong drink. He will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother's womb.

  • Luke 1:40-41
    2 verses
    70%

    40 and entered into the house of Zacharias and greeted Elizabeth.

    41 It happened, when Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, that the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.

  • Judg 13:2-3
    2 verses
    69%

    2 There was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and didn't bear.

    3 The angel of Yahweh appeared to the woman, and said to her, "See now, you are barren, and don't bear; but you shall conceive, and bear a son.

  • Luke 2:36-37
    2 verses
    69%

    36 There was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher (she was of a great age, having lived with a husband seven years from her virginity,

    37 and she had been a widow for about eighty-four years), who didn't depart from the temple, worshipping with fastings and petitions night and day.

  • Luke 1:75
    69%

    75 In holiness and righteousness before him all the days of our life.

  • Gen 21:2
    69%

    2 Sarah conceived, and bore Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.

  • Luke 1:66-67
    2 verses
    69%

    66 All who heard them laid them up in their heart, saying, "What then will this child be?" The hand of the Lord was with him.

    67 His father, Zacharias, was filled with the Holy Spirit, and prophesied, saying,

  • 2 Kgs 4:14
    68%

    14 He said, "What then is to be done for her?" Gehazi answered, "Most certainly she has no son, and her husband is old."

  • Rom 4:19
    68%

    19 Without being weakened in faith, he didn't consider his own body, already having been worn out, (he being about a hundred years old), and the deadness of Sarah's womb.

  • Luke 2:6-7
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    6 It happened, while they were there, that the day had come that she should give birth.

    7 She brought forth her firstborn son, and she wrapped him in bands of cloth, and laid him in a feeding trough, because there was no room for them in the inn.

  • Luke 1:44
    67%

    44 For behold, when the voice of your greeting came into my ears, the baby leaped in my womb for joy!

  • Luke 1:20-21
    2 verses
    67%

    20 Behold, you will be silent and not able to speak, until the day that these things will happen, because you didn't believe my words, which will be fulfilled in their proper time."

    21 The people were waiting for Zacharias, and they marveled that he delayed in the temple.

  • Gen 24:1
    67%

    1 Abraham was old, and well stricken in age. Yahweh had blessed Abraham in all things.

  • Gen 21:5
    67%

    5 Abraham was one hundred years old when his son, Isaac, was born to him.

  • Luke 1:27
    67%

    27 to a virgin pledged to be married to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin's name was Mary.

  • Gal 4:27
    67%

    27 For it is written, "Rejoice, you barren who don't bear. Break forth and shout, you that don't travail. For more are the children of the desolate than of her who has a husband."

  • Matt 1:18
    67%

    18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ was like this; for after his mother, Mary, was engaged to Joseph, before they came together, she was found pregnant by the Holy Spirit.

  • Luke 2:40
    67%

    40 The child was growing, and was becoming strong in spirit, being filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was upon him.

  • Luke 2:27-28
    2 verses
    67%

    27 He came in the Spirit into the temple. When the parents brought in the child, Jesus, that they might do concerning him according to the custom of the law,

    28 then he received him into his arms, and blessed God, and said,

  • Luke 1:61-62
    2 verses
    66%

    61 They said to her, "There is no one among your relatives who is called by this name."

    62 They made signs to his father, what he would have him called.

  • Judg 13:7
    66%

    7 but he said to me, 'Behold, you shall conceive, and bear a son; and now drink no wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing; for the child shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb to the day of his death.'"

  • Luke 1:80
    66%

    80 The child was growing, and becoming strong in spirit, and was in the desert until the day of his public appearance to Israel.

  • Heb 11:11
    66%

    11 By faith, even Sarah herself received power to conceive, and she bore a child when she was past age, since she counted him faithful who had promised.