Verse 14

So he asked Gehazi,“What can I do for her?” Gehazi replied,“She has no son, and her husband is old.”

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 15:2-3 : 2 But Abram said,“O Sovereign LORD, what will you give me since I continue to be childless, and my heir is Eliezer of Damascus?” 3 Abram added,“Since you have not given me a descendant, then look, one born in my house will be my heir!”
  • Gen 17:17 : 17 Then Abraham bowed down with his face to the ground and laughed as he said to himself,“Can a son be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Can Sarah bear a child at the age of ninety?”
  • Gen 18:10-14 : 10 One of them said,“I will surely return to you when the season comes round again, and your wife Sarah will have a son!”(Now Sarah was listening at the entrance to the tent, not far behind him. 11 Abraham and Sarah were old and advancing in years; Sarah had long since passed menopause.) 12 So Sarah laughed to herself, thinking,“After I am worn out will I have pleasure, especially when my husband is old too?” 13 The LORD said to Abraham,“Why did Sarah laugh and say,‘Will I really have a child when I am old?’ 14 Is anything impossible for the LORD? I will return to you when the season comes round again and Sarah will have a son.”
  • Gen 25:21 : 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.
  • Gen 30:1 : 1 When Rachel saw that she could not give Jacob children, she became jealous of her sister. She said to Jacob,“Give me children or I’ll die!”
  • Judg 13:2 : 2 There was a man named Manoah from Zorah, from the Danite tribe. His wife was infertile and childless.
  • 1 Sam 1:2 : 2 He had two wives; the name of the first was Hannah and the name of the second was Peninnah. Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.
  • 1 Sam 1:8 : 8 Then her husband Elkanah said to her,“Hannah, why are you crying and why won’t you eat? Why are you so upset? Am I not better to you than ten sons?”
  • Luke 1:7 : 7 But they did not have a child, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both very old.