One in Messiah Congregation
A short study pertaining to:
Six important women were barren and the seventh was a virgin. Who would have known what was going to happen?
Pss.113 [9] He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children . . .
English names:
Sarai - Sarah
Rebekah
Rachel
Manoah' wife
Hannah
Elisabeth
Mary
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Sarai - Sarah
Gen.11 [30 ] But Sarai was barren ; she had no child.
Gen.17 [15] And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be.[16] And I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of people shall be of her.
Gen.17 [19] And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac : and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him.
[21] But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year.
Gen.21 [3] And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac .
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Rebekah
Gen.24 [60] And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Thou art our sister, be thou the mother of thousands of millions , and let thy seed possess the gate of those which hate them.
Gen.25 [20 ] And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padan-aram, the sister to Laban the Syrian.[ 21] And Isaac intreated the LORD for his wife, because she was barren : and the LORD was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
Gen.25 [21] And Isaac intreated the LORD for his wife, because
she was barren: and the LORD was intreated of him, and
Rebekah his wife conceived
.
[22] And the children struggled together within her; and she said, If it be
so, why am I thus? And she went to inquire of the LORD.
[23] And the LORD said unto her,
Two nations are in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be separated
from thy bowels; and the one people shall be stronger
than the other people; and the elder shall serve the younger.
[24] And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were
twins
in her womb.
[25] And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and they called
his name Esau
.
[26] And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau's
heel; and his name was called Jacob
: and Isaac was threescore years old when she bare
them.
[27] And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field;
and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents.
[28] And Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of his venison: but Rebekah loved
Jacob.
[29] And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he was faint:
[30] And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red pottage;
for I am faint: therefore was his name called Edom.
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Rachel
Gen.29
[28
] And Jacob
did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter
to wife also.
[29] And Laban gave to Rachel
his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid.
[30] And he went in also unto
Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven
other years.
[31] And when the LORD saw that
Leah was hated, he opened her womb: but
Rachel was barren.
Gen.35 Now
the sons of Jacob were twelve:
[23] The sons of
Leah; Reuben, Jacob's
firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun:
[24] The sons of Rachel
; Joseph, and Benjamin:
[25] And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's
handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali:
[26] And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's
handmaid; Gad, and Asher:
these are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padan-aram.
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Manoah' wife
Judg.13 [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.
Judg.13 [24] And the woman bare a son, and called his name Samson : and the child grew, and the LORD blessed him.
Judg.16 [
30] And Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines.
And he bowed himself with all his might; and the house fell upon the lords,
and upon all the people that were therein. So the dead which he slew at his
death were more than they which he slew in his life.
[31] Then his brethren and all
the house of his father came down, and took him, and brought him up, and buried
him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the burying place of Manoah his father.
And he judged Israel twenty years.
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Hannah
1Sam.1 [1
] Now there was a certain man of Ramathaim-zophim,
of mount Ephraim
, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu,
the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an
Ephrathite: [2
] And he had two
wives; the name of the one was Hannah, and the name
of the other Peninnah: and Peninnah had children, but
Hannah had no children
.
[5] But unto
Hannah he gave a worthy portion; for he loved Hannah: but
the LORD had shut up her womb.
[6]
And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because
the LORD had shut up her womb.
1Sam.1 [20] Wherefore it came to pass, when the time was come about after Hannah had conceived, that she bare a son, and called his name Samuel, saying, Because I have asked him of the LORD.
1Sam.7 [15] And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life
1Sam.25 [1] And Samuel died
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Elisabeth
Luke.1 [5] There
was in the days of Herod, the king of Judaea, a certain
priest named Zacharias
, of the course of Abia: and his wife was of the
daughters of Aaron, and her name was
Elisabeth.
[6] And they were both righteous before God, walking
in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.
[7] And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and they both
were now well stricken in years.
[13] But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for
thy prayer is heard; and thy wife
Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John
.
[14] And thou shalt have joy and gladness; and many shall rejoice at his birth.
[15] For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither
wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from
his mother's womb.
[16] And many of the children of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their God.
[17] And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the
hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of
the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.
Luke.1 [76 ] And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest : for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways;
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Mary
Luke.1
[27] To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house
of David; and the virgin's name
was Mary.[28] And the angel came in unto her, and
said, Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art
thou among women.
[30] And the
angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God.
[31] And, behold, thou shalt
conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS.
[32] He shall be great, and
shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him
the throne of his father David:
[33] And he shall reign over
the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end.
[34] Then said Mary unto the
angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?
[35] And the angel answered
and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the
Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore
also that holy thing which shall be born of
thee shall be called the Son of
God.
[45] And blessed
is she that believed: for there shall be a performance of those things which
were told her from the Lord.
[46] And Mary said, My soul
doth magnify the Lord,
[47] And my spirit hath rejoiced
in God my Saviour.
[48] For he hath regarded the
low estate of his handmaiden: for, behold, from henceforth all generations
shall call me blessed.
[49] For he that is mighty hath
done to me great things; and holy is his name.
[50] And his mercy is on them
that fear him from generation to generation.
[51] He hath shewed strength
with his arm; he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.
[52] He hath put down the mighty
from their seats, and exalted them of low degree.
[53] He hath filled the hungry
with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away.
[54] He hath holpen his servant
Israel, in remembrance of his mercy;
[55] As he spake to our fathers,
to Abraham, and to his seed for ever.
Luke.3 [23 ] And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph , which was the son ( in law ) of Heli, ( Mary's father )
[24] Which was
the son of Matthat, which was the son of Levi, which was the son of Melchi,
which was the son of Janna, which was the son of Joseph,
[25] Which was the son of Mattathias,
which was the son of Amos, which was the son of Naum, which was the son of
Esli, which was the son of Nagge,
[26] Which was the son of Maath,
which was the son of Mattathias, which was the son of Semei, which was the
son of Joseph, which was the son of Juda,
[27] Which was the son of Joanna,
which was the son of Rhesa, which was the son of Zorobabel, which was the son
of Salathiel, which was the son of Neri,
[28] Which was the son of Melchi,
which was the son of Addi, which was the son of Cosam, which was the son of
Elmodam, which was the son of Er,
[29] Which was the son of Jose,
which was the son of Eliezer, which was the son of Jorim, which was the son
of Matthat, which was the son of Levi,
[30] Which was the son of Simeon,
which was the son of Juda, which was the son of Joseph, which was the son of
Jonan, which was the son of Eliakim,
[31] Which was the son of Melea,
which was the son of Menan, which was the son of Mattatha, which was the son
of Nathan, which was the son of David,
[32] Which was the son of Jesse,
which was the son of Obed, which was the son of Booz, which was the son of
Salmon, which was the son of Naasson,
[33] Which was the son of Aminadab,
which was the son of Aram, which was the son of Esrom, which was the son of
Phares, which was the son of Juda,
[34] Which was the son of Jacob,
which was the son of Isaac, which was the son of Abraham, which was the son
of Thara, which was the son of Nachor,
[35] Which was the son of Saruch,
which was the son of Ragau, which was the son of Phalec, which was the son
of Heber, which was the son of Sala,
[36] Which was the son of Cainan,
which was the son of Arphaxad, which was the son of Sem, which was the son
of Noe, which was the son of Lamech,
[37] Which was the son of Mathusala,
which was the son of Enoch, which was the son of Jared, which was the son of
Maleleel, which was the son of Cainan,
[38] Which was the son of Enos,
which was the son of Seth, which was
the son of Adam, which was the son of God.
Luke.1[ 46] And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord,[47] And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.[48 ] For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: for, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.
[49] For he
that is mighty hath done to me great things; and holy is his name.
[50] And his mercy is on them
that fear him from generation to generation.
[51] He hath shewed strength
with his arm; he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.
[52] He hath put down the mighty
from their seats, and exalted them of low degree.
[53] He hath filled the hungry
with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away.
[54] He hath holpen his servant
Israel, in remembrance of his mercy;
[55] As he spake to our fathers,
to Abraham, and to his seed for ever.