Genesis 16:1 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

Now Sarai, Abram's wife, bore him no children. She had an Egyptian maid whose name was Hagar;

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

Now Sarai Abram's wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

NOW SARAI, Abram's wife, had borne him no children. She had an Egyptian maid whose name was Hagar.

American Standard Version (1901)

Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, bare him no children: and she had a handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.

Common English Bible

Sarai, Abram’s wife, had not been able to have children. Since she had an Egyptian servant named Hagar,

Catholic Public Domain Version

Now Sarai, the wife of Abram, had not conceived children. But, having an Egyptian handmaid named Hagar,

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Now Sarai, the wife of Abram, had brought forth no children; but having a handmaid, an Egyptian, named Agar,

Genesis 16:1 Cross References

Genesis 11:30

Now Sarai was barren; she had no child.

Genesis 12:16

And for her sake he dealt well with Abram; and he had sheep, oxen, he-asses, menservants, maidservants, she-asses, and camels.

Genesis 15:21

the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Girgashites and the Jebusites.”

Genesis 21:12

But God said to Abraham, “Be not displeased because of the lad and because of your slave woman; whatever Sarah says to you, do as she tells you, for through Isaac shall your descendants be named.

Genesis 21:21

He lived in the wilderness of Paran; and his mother took a wife for him from the land of Egypt.

Genesis 25:21

And Isaac prayed to the Lord for his wife, because she was barren; and the Lord granted his prayer, and Rebekah his wife conceived.

Luke 1:36

And behold, your kinswoman Elizabeth in her old age has also conceived a son; and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren.

Luke 1:7

But they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren, and both were advanced in years.

Galatians 4:24

Now this is an allegory: these women are two covenants. One is from Mount Sinai, bearing children for slavery; she is Hagar.

Judges 13:2

And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the tribe of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren and had no children.

1 Samuel 1:5

and, although he loved Hannah, he would give Hannah only one portion, because the Lord had closed her womb.