even if they should manage to find a way to have a baby “in the new-fashioned way.” As noted above, this is not a new story. Each instance of it, however, has different people involved and, therefore, its own peculiarities. The goal of this chapter is to look at the issues Betty and Tom face from the perspective of Old Testament Scripture. First, we will consider passages that deal directly with barrenness (i.e., infertility). According to the Bible, this was just as serious and difficult a problem