Genesis 11:30

And Sarai was barren, and had no children.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

But Sarai was barren; she had no child.

In Context

29And Abram and Nachor married wives: the name of Abram's wife was Sarai: and the name of Nachor's wife, Melcha, the daughter of Aran, father of Melcha, and father of Jescha.

31And Thare took Abram, his son, and Lot the son of Aran, his son's son, and Sarai his daughter in law, the wife of Abram his son, and brought them out of Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Chanaan: and they came as far as Haran, and dwelt there.

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Cross References

Genesis 16:1Now Sarai the wife of Abram, had brought forth no children; having a handmaid, an Egyptian, named Agar,

Genesis 18:11Now they were both old, and far advanced in years, and it had ceased to be with Sara after the manner of women.

Genesis 25:21And Isaac besought the Lord for his wife, because she was barren; and he heard him, and made Rebecca to conceive.

Genesis 30:1And Rachel, seeing herself without children, envied her sister, and said to her husband: Give me children, otherwise I shall die.

1 Samuel 1:2And he had two wives, the name of one was Anna, and the name of the other Phenenna. Phenenna had children: but Anna had no children.

Psalms 113:9Who maketh a barren woman to dwell in a house, the joyful mother of children.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 11:28-32

The Generations of Terah. ( b. c. 1921.) 27 Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot. 28 And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees. 29 And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram's wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah. 30 But Sarai was barren; she had no child. 31 And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of… Read the whole commentary →

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