Verse List for GEN 16:2

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OET (OET-RV) so Sarai said to Abram, “Listen, Yahweh has prevented me from having children so please sleep with my slave. Perhaps I can have a family through her.” Abram agreed to what Sarai had suggested.

OET-LV And_ Sarai _she/it _said to ʼAⱱrām HERE please he_has _restrained _me YHWH from_bearing _children go please into maidservant _of_my perhaps I _will _be _built _up from_her/it[fn] and_ ʼAⱱrām _he/it _listened to_sound/voice of _Sarai.

ULT So Sarai said to Abram, “Behold please, Yahweh has prevented me from bearing, children. Please go to my maidservant. Perhaps I can be built up from her.” And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai.

UST So she told Abram, “Please listen to this: As you know, Yahweh has not allowed me to have any children, so please have marital relations with my servant woman Hagar so that maybe I can have a family through her children.” Abram agreed to do what Sarai requested.

BSB & MSB 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.

OEB Sarai said to Abram, ‘the Lord has denied me children; Take my slave-girl; maybe I will obtain children by her.’ Then Abram listened to her

WEBBE & WMBB Sarai said to Abram, “See now, the LORD has restrained me from bearing. Please go in to my servant. It may be that I will obtain children by her.” Abram listened to the voice of Sarai.

NET So Sarai said to Abram, “Since the Lord has prevented me from having children, have sexual relations with my servant. Perhaps I can have a family by her.” Abram did what Sarai told him.

LSV and Sarai says to Abram, “Now behold, YHWH has restrained me from bearing, please go in to my handmaid; perhaps I am built up from her”; and Abram listens to the voice of Sarai.

FBV so Sarai said to Abram, “Please listen to me. The Lord hasn't let me have any children. So please go and sleep with my slave. Maybe I can have a family through her.” Abram agreed to what Sarai had suggested.

T4T So one day Sarai said to Abram, “Listen to me! Yahweh has not allowed me to become pregnant. So ◄sleep with/have sex with► [EUP] my slave Hagar. Perhaps she will bear children whom I can consider to be mine.” Abram agreed to do what Sarai said.

LEB And Sarai said to Abram, “Look, please, Yahweh has prevented me from bearing children. Please go in to my servant; perhaps _⌊I will have children by her_⌋.”[fn] And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai.

BBE 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.

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JPS And Sarai said unto Abram: 'Behold now, the LORD hath restrained me from bearing; go in, I pray thee, unto my handmaid; it may be that I shall be builded up through her.' And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.

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.

DRA 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,

YLT and Sarai saith unto Abram, 'Lo, I pray thee, Jehovah hath restrained me from bearing, go in, I pray thee, unto my handmaid; perhaps I am built up from her;' and Abram hearkeneth to the voice of Sarai.

Drby And Sarai said to Abram, Behold now, Jehovah has shut me up, that I do not bear. Go in, I pray thee, to my maidservant: it may be that I shall be built up by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.

RV And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the LORD 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.
(And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the LORD hath/has restrained me from bearing; go in, I pray thee/you, unto my handmaid; it may be that I shall obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.)

SLT And Sarai will say to Abram, Behold now, Jehovah restrained me from bringing forth; go now to my maid servant; perhaps I shall have children from her. And Abram will listen to the voice of Sarai.

Wbstr And Sarai said to Abram, Behold, now, the LORD hath restrained me from bearing: I pray thee go in to my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.

KJB-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.[fn]
(And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the LORD hath/has restrained me from bearing: I pray thee/you, go in unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.)

KJB-1611 And Sarai said vnto Abram, Behold now, the LORD hath restrained me from bearing: I pray thee go in vnto my maid: it may bee that I may [fn]obtaine children by her: and Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation and footnotes)

Bshps And Sarai sayde vnto Abram: beholde, nowe the Lorde hath restrayned me, that I can not beare, I pray thee go in to my mayde, it may be that I may be builded by her: and Abram obeyed the voyce of Sarai.
(And Sarai said unto Abram: behold, now the Lord hath/has restrained me, that I cannot bear, I pray thee/you go in to my maid, it may be that I may be built by her: and Abram obeyed the voice of Sarai.)

Gnva And Sarai said vnto Abram, Beholde now, the Lord hath restrained me from childe bearing. I pray thee goe in vnto my maide: it may be that I shall receiue a childe by her. And Abram obeyed the voyce of Sarai.
(And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the Lord hath/has restrained me from child bearing. I pray thee/you go in unto my maide: it may be that I shall receive a child by her. And Abram obeyed the voice of Sarai.)

Cvdl and sayde vnto Abram: Beholde, the LORDE hath closed me, that I can not beare. Go in (I praye the) vnto my mayde: peraduenture I shalbe multiplied by her, more then by myself. And Abram herkened vnto the voyce of Sarai. Than Sarai
(and said unto Abram: Behold, the LORD hath/has closed me, that I cannot bear. Go in (I pray the) unto my mayde: peradventure/perhaps I shall be multiplied by her, more then by myself. And Abram hearkened unto the voice of Sarai. Than Sarai)

Wycl the Lord hath closid me, that Y schulde not bere child; entre thou to my seruauntesse, if in hap Y schal take children, nameli of hir. And whanne he assentide to hir preiynge, sche took Agar Egipcian,
(the Lord hath/has closed me, that I should not bear child; enter thou/you to my servantsse, if in hap I shall take children, namely of her. And when he assentide to her praying, she took Agar Egipcian,)

Luth Und sie sprach zu Abram: Siehe, der HErr hat mich verschlossen, daß ich nicht gebären kann. Lieber, lege dich zu meiner Magd, ob ich doch vielleicht aus ihr mich bauen möge. Abram, der gehorchte der Stimme Sarais.
(And they/she/them spoke to/for Abram: See/Look, the/of_the LORD has me closed, that I not give_birth can. love(n)r, lay you/yourself to/for mine Magd, if/whether I though/but perhaps out_of you(pl)/their/her me build may. Abram, the/of_the obeyed the/of_the voice(n) Sarais.)

ClVg dixit marito suo: Ecce, conclusit me Dominus, ne parerem. Ingredere ad ancillam meam, si forte saltem ex illa suscipiam filios. Cumque ille acquiesceret deprecanti,[fn]
(he/she_said marito his_own: Ecce, concluded me Master, not parerem. Ingredere to maidservant of_mine, when/but_if perhaps at_least/after_all from that I_will_undertake children. And_when he/that_one acquiesceret deprecanti,)

UHB וַ⁠תֹּ֨אמֶר שָׂרַ֜י אֶל־אַבְרָ֗ם הִנֵּה־נָ֞א עֲצָרַ֤⁠נִי יְהוָה֙ מִ⁠לֶּ֔דֶת בֹּא־נָא֙ אֶל־שִׁפְחָתִ֔⁠י אוּלַ֥י אִבָּנֶ֖ה מִמֶּ֑⁠נָּה וַ⁠יִּשְׁמַ֥ע אַבְרָ֖ם לְ⁠ק֥וֹל שָׂרָֽי׃ ‡

BrLXX Εἶπε δὲ Σάρα πρὸς Ἅβραμ, ἰδοὺ συνέκλεισέ με Κύριος τοῦ μὴ τίκτειν· εἴσελθε οὖν πρὸς τὴν παιδίσκην μου, ἵνα τεκνοποιήσωμαι ἐξ αὐτῆς· ὑπήκουσελ δὲ Ἅβραμ τῆς φωνῆς Σάρας.

BrTr And Sara said to Abram, Behold, the Lord has restrained me from bearing, go therefore in to my maid, that I may get children for myself through her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sara.