30But Sarai was barren; she had no child.
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And, behold, thy cousin Elisabeth, she hath also conceived a son in her old age: and this is the sixth month with her, who was called barren.
And Isaac intreated the LORD for his wife, because she was barren: and the LORD was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the LORD.
And Abram said, Lord GOD, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus? …
And the LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did unto Sarah as he had spoken. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 27-32)Here begins the story of Abram, whose name is famous, henceforward, in both Testaments. We have here, I. His country: Ur of the Chaldees . This was the land of his nativity, an idolatrous country, where even the children of Eber themselves had degenerated. Note, Those who are, through grace, heirs of the land of promise, ought to remember what was the land of their nativity, what was their corrupt…
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