Judges 13:2
Forsooth a man was of Zorah, of the kindred of Dan, (or And there was a man of Zorah, of the tribe of Dan), Manoah by name, and he had a barren wife.
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Genesis 11:30Soothly Sarai was barren, and had no children.
Genesis 25:21And Isaac besought the Lord for his wife, for she was barren; and the Lord heard him, and gave conceiving to Rebecca.
Joshua 15:33And in the field places, Eshtaol, and Zoreah, and Ashnah,
1 Samuel 1:2And Elkanah had two wives; the name to the one was Hannah, and the name of the second was Peninnah; and sons were to Peninnah; but Hannah had none free children. (And Elkanah had two wives; the name of the first was Hannah, and the name of the second was Peninnah; and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.)
Luke 1:7And they had no child, for Elisabeth was barren, and both were of great age [or had gone far] in their days.
Matthew Henry on Judges 13:2-8
An Angel Appears to Manoah's Wife. ( b. c. 1161.) 1 And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the Lord ; and the Lord delivered them into the hand of the Philistines forty years. 2 And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and bare not. 3 And the angel of the Lord appeared unto the woman, and said unto her, Behold now, thou art barren, and bearest not: but thou shalt conceive, and bear a son. 4 Now therefore beware, I pray… Read the whole commentary →