Genesis 16:2

Bible in Basic English 1965

And Sarai said to Abram, See, the Lord has not let me have children; go in to my servant, for I may get a family through her. And Abram did as Sarai said.

Cross References

Genesis 11:30

And Sarai had no child.

Genesis 17:16

And I will give her a blessing so that you will have a son by her: truly my blessing will be on her, and she will be the mother of nations: kings of peoples will be her offspring.

Genesis 18:10

And he said, I will certainly come back to you in the spring, and Sarah your wife will have a son. And his words came to the ears of Sarah who was at the back of the tent-door.

Genesis 19:31

And the older daughter said to her sister, Our father is old, and there is no man to be a husband to us in the natural way:

Genesis 20:18

For the Lord had kept all the women of the house of Abimelech from having children, because of Sarah, Abraham's wife.

Genesis 25:21

Isaac made prayer to the Lord for his wife because she had no children; and the Lord gave ear to his prayer, and Rebekah became with child.

Genesis 3:12

And the man said, The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me the fruit of the tree and I took it.

Genesis 3:17

And to Adam he said, Because you gave ear to the voice of your wife and took of the fruit of the tree which I said you were not to take, the earth is cursed on your account; in pain you will get your food from it all your life.

Genesis 30:22

Then God gave thought to Rachel, and hearing her prayer he made her fertile.

Genesis 30:6

Then Rachel said, God has been my judge, and has given ear to my voice, and has given me a son; so he was named Dan.

Psalm 127:3

See, sons are a heritage from the Lord; the fruit of the body is his reward.

Exodus 21:4

If his master gives him a wife, and he gets sons or daughters by her, the wife and her children will be the property of the master, and the servant is to go away by himself.

Ruth 4:11

And all the people who were in the public place, and the responsible men, said, We are witnesses. May the Lord make this woman, who is about to come into your house, like Rachel and Leah, which two were the builders of the house of Israel: and may you have wealth in Ephrathah, and be great in Beth-lehem;