Genesis 16:2

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

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.

Cross References

Genesis 11:30

But Sarai was barren; she had no child.

Genesis 17:16

And I will bless her and give you a son also by her. Yes, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of peoples shall come from her.

Genesis 18:10

[The Lord] said, I will surely return to you when the season comes round, and behold, Sarah your wife will have a son. And Sarah was listening and heard it at the tent door which was behind Him. [Rom. 9:9-12.]

Genesis 19:31

The elder said to the younger, Our father is aging, and there is not a man on earth to live with us in the customary way.

Genesis 20:18

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

Genesis 25:21

And Isaac prayed much to the Lord for his wife because she was unable to bear children; and the Lord granted his prayer, and Rebekah his wife became pregnant.

Genesis 3:12

And the man said, The woman whom You gave to be with me–she gave me [fruit] from the tree, and I ate.

Genesis 3:17

And to Adam He said, Because you have listened and given heed to the voice of your wife and have eaten of the tree of which I commanded you, saying, You shall not eat of it, the ground is under a curse because of you; in sorrow and toil shall you eat [of the fruits] of it all the days of your life.

Genesis 30:22

Then God remembered Rachel and answered her pleading and made it possible for her to have children.

Genesis 30:6

And Rachel said, God has judged and vindicated me, and has heard my plea and has given me a son; so she named him Dan [judged].

Psalm 127:3

Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward. [Deut. 28:4.]

Exodus 21:4

If his master has given him a wife and she has borne him sons or daughters, the wife and her children shall be her master's, and he shall go out [of your service] alone.

Ruth 4:11

And all the people at the gate and the elders said, We are witnesses. May the Lord make the woman who is coming into your house like Rachel and Leah, the two who built the household of Israel. May you do worthily and get wealth (power) in Ephratah and be famous in Bethlehem.