For a woman to be barren was accounted a severe punishment among the Jews (
Genesis 16:2
;
30:1
-23;
1 Samuel 1:6
, 27;
Isaiah 47:9
;
49:21
;
Luke 1:25
). Instances of barrenness are noticed (
Genesis 11:30
;
25:21
;
29:31
;
Judges 13:2
, 3;
Luke 1:7
, 36).
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