Genesis 16:2 - Tree of Life Version

So Sarai said to Abram, “Look now, Adonai has prevented me from having children. Go, please, to my slave-girl. Perhaps I’ll get a son by her.” Abram listened to Sarai’s voice.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

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)

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

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

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,

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

She said to her husband: Behold, the Lord hath restrained me from bearing. Go in unto my handmaid; it may be I may have children of her at least. And when he agreed to her request,

Genesis 16:2 Tagairtí Cros

Genesis 11:30

Sarai was barren; she did not have a child.

Genesis 17:16

And I will bless her, and moreover, I will give you a son from her. I will bless her and she will give rise to nations. Kings of the peoples will come from her.”

Genesis 18:10

Then He said, “I will most surely return to you in about a year’s time, surprisingly, Sarah your wife will have a son.” Sarah was listening at the entrance of the tent, which was behind Him.

Genesis 19:31

Then the firstborn said to the younger, “Our father is old, and there is no man in the land to come to us as is the custom of the whole land.

Genesis 20:18

For Adonai had completely locked up every womb in Abimelech’s household because of Sarah, Abraham’s wife.

Genesis 25:21

Isaac prayed to Adonai on behalf of his wife because she was barren. Adonai answered his plea and his wife Rebekah became pregnant.

Genesis 3:12

Then the man said, “The woman whom You gave to be with me—she gave me of the Tree, and I ate.”

Genesis 3:17

Then to the man He said, “Because you listened to your wife’s voice and ate of the tree which I commanded you, saying, ‘You must not eat of it’: Cursed is the ground because of you— with pain will you eat of it all the days of your life.

Genesis 30:22

Then God remembered Rachel and God listened to her and opened her womb.

Genesis 30:6

So Rachel said, “God has judged my cause and also heard my voice—and given me a son.” Therefore she named him Dan.

Psalm 127:3

Behold, children are a heritage of Adonai —the fruit of the womb is a reward.

Exodus 21:4

If his master gave him a wife, and she bears him sons or daughters, the wife and her children will be her master’s, and he will go free by himself.

Ruth 4:11

All the people at the gate and the elders said, “We are witnesses. May Adonai make the woman who has come into your house like Rachel and like Leah, who both built up the house of Israel. May you prosper in Ephrath and be renowned in Bethlehem.