When the LORD saw that Leah [was] unloved, He opened her womb; but Rachel [was] barren.

But to Hannah he would give a double portion, for he loved Hannah, although the LORD had closed her womb.

And her rival also provoked her severely, to make her miserable, because the LORD had closed her womb.

And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, "We will eat our own food and wear our own apparel; Only let us be called by your name, To take away our reproach."

And the people waited for Zacharias, and marveled that he lingered so long in the temple.

"Thus the Lord has dealt with me, in the days when He looked on [me,] to take away my reproach among people."

to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin's name [was] Mary.