Lamech had two wives, Adah and Zillah.

Lamech said to his wives, "Adah and Zillah, listen to me: I have killed a young man because he struck me.

But that night, instead of Rachel, he took Leah to Jacob, and Jacob had intercourse with her.

Not until the next morning did Jacob discover that it was Leah. He went to Laban and said, "Why did you do this to me? I worked to get Rachel. Why have you tricked me?"

Wait until the week's marriage celebrations are over, and I will give you Rachel, if you will work for me another seven years."

(Laban gave his slave woman Bilhah to his daughter Rachel as her maid.)

He had seventy sons, because he had many wives.

Jesus answered, "Moses gave you permission to divorce your wives because you are so hard to teach. But it was not like that at the time of creation.

Abram's wife Sarai had not borne him any children. But she had an Egyptian slave woman named Hagar,

and so she said to Abram, "The LORD has kept me from having children. Why don't you sleep with my slave? Perhaps she can have a child for me." Abram agreed with what Sarai said.

Because Rebecca had no children, Isaac prayed to the LORD for her. The LORD answered his prayer, and Rebecca became pregnant.

When the LORD saw that Leah was loved less than Rachel, he made it possible for her to have children, but Rachel remained childless.

At that time there was a man named Manoah from the town of Zorah. He was a member of the tribe of Dan. His wife had never been able to have children.

They had no children because Elizabeth could not have any, and she and Zechariah were both very old.