Barrenness and opened-womb imagery uses infertility, remembered women, opened wombs, and unexpected children to picture divine mercy, covenant promise, reversal, and fruitfulness beyond human power.
Barrenness and opened-womb imagery uses infertility, remembered women, opened wombs, and unexpected children to picture divine mercy, covenant promise, reversal, and fruitfulness beyond human power.
A barrenness-and-fruitfulness motif in which a closed womb, infertility, remembered woman, opened womb, miraculous conception, or barren woman rejoicing signifies covenant promise, divine intervention, reversal of shame, mercy, or fruitfulness granted by God.
These examples show how Barrenness, Opened Womb, and Miraculous Fruitfulness Imagery functions in biblical language, rhetoric, poetry, prophecy, narrative, or theological imagery.
Sarai was barren
The covenant line begins against the obstacle of barrenness.
Is any thing too hard for the LORD?
Sarah's barren age highlights promise beyond nature.
Rebekah his wife... was barren
Isaac's prayer and Rebekah's conception display divine intervention.
Rachel was barren
Leah's opened womb and Rachel's barrenness frame rivalry and providence.
God remembered Rachel... and opened her womb
The opened womb marks mercy and remembered prayer.
thou art barren... but thou shalt conceive
Samson's birth begins with announced reversal of barrenness.
the LORD had shut up her womb... Samuel
Hannah's barrenness and son show prayer answered by God.
maketh the barren woman to keep house
The barren woman made joyful pictures divine reversal.
Sing, O barren
Barren Zion is commanded to rejoice in promised enlargement.
Elisabeth was barren... conceived a son
Elizabeth's conception echoes the pattern of miraculous covenant births.
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