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Terah’s Descendants

Genesis 11:30

In 11 translations

BSB
But Sarai was barren; she had no children.
KJV
But Sarai was barren; she had no child.
WEB
Sarai was barren. She had no child.
ASV
And Sarai was barren; she had no child.
LSV
And Sarai is barren—she has no child.
YLT
And Sarai is barren — she hath no child.
DBY
And Sarai was barren: she had no child.
DRC
And Sarai was barren, and had no children.
GNV
But Sarai was barren, and had no childe.
JPS
And Sarai was barren; she had no child.
LXXE
And Sara was barren, and did not bear children.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
וַתְּהִ֥י שָׂרַ֖י עֲקָרָ֑ה אֵ֥ין לָ֖הּ וָלָֽד׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἦν Σάρα στεῖρα, καὶ οὐκ ἐτεκνοποίει.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Genesis 29:31When the LORD saw that Leah was unloved, He opened her womb; but Rachel was barren.
  • Judges 13:2Now there was a man from Zorah named Manoah, from the clan of the Danites, whose wife was barren and had no children.
  • Genesis 15:2–3But Abram replied, “O Lord GOD, what can You give me, since I remain childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?” Abram continued, “Behold, You have given me no offspring, so a servant in my household…
  • Genesis 18:11–12And Abraham and Sarah were already old and well along in years; Sarah had passed the age of childbearing. So she laughed to herself, saying, “After I am worn out and my master is old, will I now have this pleasure?”
  • Genesis 21:1–2Now the LORD attended to Sarah as He had said, and the LORD did for Sarah what He had promised. So Sarah conceived and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at the very time God had promised.
  • Genesis 25:21Later, 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.
  • Genesis 30:1–2When 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. Jacob became angry with Rachel and said, “Am I in the place of God, who has…
  • Genesis 16:1–2Now 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;…
  • Luke 1:7But they had no children, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both well along in years.
  • Psalms 113:9He settles the barren woman in her home as a joyful mother to her children. Hallelujah!
  • 1 Samuel 1:2He had two wives, one named Hannah and the other Peninnah. And Peninnah had children, but Hannah had none.
  • Luke 1:36Look, even Elizabeth your relative has conceived a son in her old age, and she who was called barren is in her sixth month.

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