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Genesis 16:2

So Sarai said to Abram, “Look now, the LORD has prevented me from bearing children. Please go to my maidservant; perhaps I can build a family by her.” And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai.

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ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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Original language & word study

20 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַתֹּ֨אמֶרva.To.merand she saidH559 →
שָׂרַ֜יsa.RaiSaraiH8297 →
אֶל־'el-toH413 →
אַבְרָ֗ם'av.RamAbramH87 →
הִנֵּה־hi.neh-here!H2009 →
נָ֞אna'pleaseH4994 →
עֲצָרַ֤נִי'a.tza.Ra.nihe has restrained meH6113 →
יְהוָה֙Yah.wehYahwehH3068 →
מִלֶּ֔דֶתmi.Le.detfrom bearing childrenH3205 →
בֹּא־bo'-goH935 →
נָא֙na'pleaseH4994 →
אֶל־'el-intoH413 →
שִׁפְחָתִ֔יshif.cha.Timaidservant myH8198 →
אוּלַ֥י'u.LaiperhapsH194 →
אִבָּנֶ֖ה'i.ba.NehI will be built upH1129 →
מִמֵּ֑נָּהmi.Me.nahfrom herH4480 →
וַיִּשְׁמַ֥עvai.yish.Ma'and he listenedH8085 →
אַבְרָ֖ם'av.RamAbramH87 →
לְק֥וֹלle.Kolto [the] voice ofH6963 →
שָׂרָֽי׃sa.RaiSaraiH8297 →

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Genesis 30:2Jacob became angry with Rachel and said, “Am I in the place of God, who has withheld children from you?”Genesis 18:10Then the LORD said, “I will surely return to you at this time next year, and your wife Sarah will have a son!” Now Sarah was behind him, listening at the entrance to the tent.Exodus 21:4If his master gives him a wife and she bears him sons or daughters, the woman and her children shall belong to her master, and only the man shall go free.Genesis 3:17And to Adam He said: “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat, cursed is the ground because of you; through toil you will eat of it all the days of your life.Genesis 19:31One day the older daughter said to the younger, “Our father is old, and there is no man in the land to sleep with us, as is the custom over all the earth.Genesis 30:2–4Jacob became angry with Rachel and said, “Am I in the place of God, who has withheld children from you?”Genesis 3:12And the man answered, “The woman whom You gave me, she gave me fruit from the tree, and I ate it.”Genesis 17:16And I will bless her and will surely give you a son by her. I will bless her, and she will be the mother of nations; kings of peoples will descend from her.”Genesis 3:1–6Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field that the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden?’”Genesis 20:18for on account of Abraham’s wife Sarah, the LORD had completely closed all the wombs in Abimelech’s household.Psalms 127:3Children are indeed a heritage from the LORD, and the fruit of the womb is His reward.Genesis 30:9–10When Leah saw that she had stopped having children, she gave her servant Zilpah to Jacob as a wife.Genesis 30:22Then God remembered Rachel. He listened to her and opened her womb,Genesis 25:21Later, Isaac prayed to the LORD on behalf of his wife, because she was barren. And the LORD heard his prayer, and his wife Rebekah conceived.Acts 7:5He gave him no inheritance here, not even a foot of ground. But God promised to give possession of the land to Abraham and his descendants, even though he did not yet have a child.Ruth 4:11“We are witnesses,” said the elders and all the people at the gate. “May the LORD make the woman entering your home like Rachel and Leah, who together built up the house of Israel. May you be prosperous in Ephrathah and famous in Bethlehem.Genesis 30:6Then Rachel said, “God has vindicated me; He has heard my plea and given me a son.” So she named him Dan.

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