7 They had no children because Elizabeth was unable to conceive, and they were both very old.
(v. 7) I've never in my life thought too deeply on the idea of barrenness. However I'd imagine it wouldn't be very much fun. In American culture woman are considered more independent than in the past. It seems that in biblical times women were considered an anomaly when they were not pledged to a man. Like Anna in Luke 10. Anyway, being barren seems sort of like your worth as a woman is decreased. I'd imagine it would be a huge struggle. God is intensely healing barrenness all the time. I know back in biblical days a woman was highly looked upon when she had a baby boy. Because everyone was on the look out for the messiah. Elizabeth in verse 25 says “How kind the Lord is... He has taken aways my disgrace of having no children.”
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