Genesis 11:30
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“But Sarai was barren; she had no children.”
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BSBPD
“But Sarai was barren; she had no children.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“But Sarai was barren; she had no child.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“And Sarai was barren; she had no child.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“And Sarai is barren--she hath no child.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Genesis 11:30 — 14 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 15:2But Abram replied, “O Lord GOD, what can You give me, since I remain childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?”
- Genesis 16:1Now Abram’s wife Sarai had borne him no children, but she had an Egyptian maidservant named Hagar.
- Genesis 16:2So 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.
- Genesis 18:11And Abraham and Sarah were already old and well along in years; Sarah had passed the age of childbearing.
- Genesis 21:1Now the LORD attended to Sarah as He had said, and the LORD did for Sarah what He 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 29:31When the LORD saw that Leah was unloved, He opened her womb; but Rachel was barren.
- Genesis 30:1When 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.
- 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.
- 1 Samuel 1:2He had two wives, one named Hannah and the other Peninnah. And Peninnah had children, but Hannah had none.
- 1 Samuel 1:5But to Hannah he would give a double portion, for he loved her even though the LORD had closed her womb.
- Psalms 113:9He settles the barren woman in her home as a joyful mother to her children. Hallelujah!
- Luke 1:7But they had no children, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both well along in years.
- 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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