Genesis 11:30
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.
But Sarai was barren; she had no child.
31 And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son’s son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram’s wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there.
32 And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- But Sarai was barren; she had no children.
- KJV
- But Sarai was barren; she had no child.
- WEB
- Sarai was barren. She had no child.
- ASV
- And Sarai was barren; She had no child.
- DARBY
- And Sarai was barren: she had no child.
- BLB
- And Sarai was barren; she had no child.
- ÅB
- Og Sarai var ufruktbar, hun hadde ikke noe barn.
- OTB
- Sarai kunne ikke få barn; hun hadde ingen barn.
- B1930
- Og Sarai var ufruktbar, hun hadde ikke noget barn.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Judges 13:2
And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and bare not.
Read in contextGenesis 25:21
And Isaac intreated the LORD for his wife, because she was barren: and the LORD was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
Read in context1 Samuel 1:2
And he had two wives; the name of the one was Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah: and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.
Read in contextLuke 1:7
And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and they both were now well stricken in years.
Read in contextLuke 1:36
And, behold, thy cousin Elisabeth, she hath also conceived a son in her old age: and this is the sixth month with her, who was called barren.
Read in contextGenesis 30:1–2
And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.
Read in contextGenesis 29:31
And when the LORD saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren.
Read in contextGenesis 18:11–12
Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age; and it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.
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