Genesis 16:2 - Contemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition

² and Sarai said to Abram, “The Lord has not given me any children. Sleep with my slave, and if she has a child, it will be mine.” Abram agreed,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the LORD hath restrained me from bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² And Sarai said to Abram, See here, the Lord has restrained me from bearing [children]. I am asking you to have intercourse with my maid; it may be that I can obtain children by her. And Abram listened to and heeded what Sarai said.

American Standard Version (1901)

² And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, Jehovah hath restrained me from bearing; go in, I pray thee, unto my handmaid; it may be that I shall obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.

Common English Bible

² Sarai said to Abram, “The LORD has kept me from giving birth, so go to my servant. Maybe she will provide me with children.” Abram did just as Sarai said.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² she said to her husband: "Behold, the Lord has closed me, lest I give birth. Enter to my handmaid, so that perhaps I may receive sons of her at least." And when he agreed to her supplication,

Genesis 16:2 পৰস্পৰ সংযোগসমূহ

Exodus 21:4

If you give him a wife, and they have children, only the man himself must be set free; his wife and children remain the property of his owner.

Genesis 18:10

One of the guests was the Lord, and he said, “I'll come back about this time next year, and when I do, Sarah will already have a son.” Sarah was behind Abraham, listening at the entrance to the tent.

Genesis 3:17

The Lord said to the man, “You listened to your wife and ate the fruit I told you not to eat. And so, the ground will be under a curse because of what you did. As long as you live, you will have to struggle to grow enough food.

Psalm 127:3

Children are a blessing and a gift from the Lord.

Ruth 4:11

The town leaders and the others standing there said: We are witnesses to this. And we pray that the Lord will give your wife many children, just as he did Leah and Rachel, the wives of Jacob. May you be a rich man in the tribe of Ephrath and an important man in Bethlehem.

Genesis 30:22

Finally, God remembered Rachel—he answered her prayer by giving her a son. “God has taken away my disgrace,” she said.

Genesis 25:21

Rebekah still had no children. So Isaac asked the Lord to let her have a child, and the Lord answered his prayer.

Genesis 17:16

I will bless her, and you will have a son by her. She will become the mother of nations, and some of her descendants will even be kings.

Genesis 3:12

“It was the woman you put here with me,” the man said. “She gave me some of the fruit, and I ate it.”

Genesis 30:6

Rachel named him Dan, because she said, “God has answered my prayers. He judged in my favor and has given me a son.”

Genesis 19:31

One day his older daughter said to her sister, “Our father is old, and there are no men anywhere for us to marry.