Genesis 20:18 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

¹⁸ For the LORD had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham's wife.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁸ For the LORD had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham's wife.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ For the Lord had closed fast the wombs of all in Abimelech's household because of Sarah, Abraham's wife.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁸ For Jehovah had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah, Abraham’s wife.

Common English Bible

¹⁸ Because of the incident with Abraham’s wife Sarah, the LORD had kept all of the women in Abimelech’s household from having children.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ For the Lord had closed every womb of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah, the wife of Abraham.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁸ For the Lord had closed up every womb of the house of Abimelech, on account of Sara, Abraham's wife.

Genesis 20:18 Cross References

Genesis 12:17

And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram's wife.

Genesis 16:2

And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the LORD 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.

Genesis 20:7

Now therefore restore the man's wife; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou restore her not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are thine.

Genesis 30:2

And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, Am I in God's stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?

1 Samuel 1:6

And her rival provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the LORD had shut up her womb.

1 Samuel 5:10

So they sent the ark of God to Ekron. And it came to pass, as the ark of God came to Ekron, that the Ekronites cried out, saying, They have brought about the ark of the God of Israel to us, to slay us and our people.