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Luke 1:7

But they had no children, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both well along in years.

Luke 1:7 BSB

Luke 1:7 has 13 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 7 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Hebrews 11:11 (8 votes) and Genesis 18:11 (6 votes). 14 other verses point back to it. It links with 10 other books, from Genesis 11 to Hebrews 11.

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Which verses does Luke 1:7 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Hebrews 11:118 votes

    By faith Sarah, even though she was barren and beyond the proper age, was enabled to conceive a child, because she considered Him faithful who had promised.

  2. Genesis 18:116 votes

    And Abraham and Sarah were already old and well along in years; Sarah had passed the age of childbearing.

  3. Genesis 25:216 votes

    Later, Isaac prayed to the LORD on behalf of his wife, because she was barren. And the LORD heard his prayer, and his wife Rebekah conceived.

  4. 1 Samuel 1:26 votes

    He had two wives, one named Hannah and the other Peninnah. And Peninnah had children, but Hannah had none.

  5. Genesis 17:174 votes

    Abraham fell facedown. Then he laughed and said to himself, “Can a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Can Sarah give birth at the age of ninety?”

  6. Judges 13:2–34 votes

    Now there was a man from Zorah named Manoah, from the clan of the Danites, whose wife was barren and had no children. The angel of the LORD appeared to the woman and said to her, “It is true that you are barren and have no children; but you will conceive and give birth to a son.

  7. 2 Kings 4:144 votes

    So he asked, “Then what should be done for her?” “Well, she has no son,” Gehazi replied, “and her husband is old.”

  8. Genesis 16:1–23 votes

    Now Abram’s wife Sarai had borne him no children, but she had an Egyptian maidservant named Hagar. So Sarai said to Abram, “Look now, the LORD has prevented me from bearing children. Please go to my maidservant; perhaps I can build a family by her.” And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai.

  9. Genesis 30:13 votes

    When Rachel saw that she was not bearing any children for Jacob, she envied her sister. “Give me children, or I will die!” she said to Jacob.

  10. Romans 4:193 votes

    Without weakening in his faith, he acknowledged the decrepitness of his body (since he was about a hundred years old) and the lifelessness of Sarah’s womb.

  11. Genesis 15:2–32 votes
  12. 1 Samuel 1:5–82 votes
  13. 1 Kings 1:12 votes

Which verses point to Luke 1:7?

The 10 strongest of 14.