Genesis 11:30
New International Version
Now Sarai was childless because she was not able to conceive.

New Living Translation
But Sarai was unable to become pregnant and had no children.

English Standard Version
Now Sarai was barren; she had no child.

Berean Standard Bible
But Sarai was barren; she had no children.

King James Bible
But Sarai was barren; she had no child.

New King James Version
But Sarai was barren; she had no child.

New American Standard Bible
Sarai was unable to conceive; she did not have a child.

NASB 1995
Sarai was barren; she had no child.

NASB 1977
And Sarai was barren; she had no child.

Legacy Standard Bible
And Sarai was barren; she had no child.

Amplified Bible
But Sarai was barren; she did not have a child.

Christian Standard Bible
Sarai was unable to conceive; she did not have a child.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Sarai was unable to conceive; she did not have a child.

American Standard Version
And Sarai was barren; she had no child.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And Sarai was a sterile woman and she had no sons.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And Sara was barren, and did not bear children.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Sarai was barren, and had no children.

English Revised Version
And Sarai was barren; she had no child.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Sarai was not able to have children.

Good News Translation
Sarai was not able to have children.

International Standard Version
Sarai was barren, so she had not borne children.

JPS Tanakh 1917
And Sarai was barren; she had no child.

Literal Standard Version
And Sarai is barren—she has no child.

Majority Standard Bible
But Sarai was barren; she had no children.

New American Bible
Sarai was barren; she had no child.

NET Bible
But Sarai was barren; she had no children.

New Revised Standard Version
Now Sarai was barren; she had no child.

New Heart English Bible
And Sarai was barren. She had no child.

Webster's Bible Translation
But Sarai was barren; she had no child.

World English Bible
Sarai was barren. She had no child.

Young's Literal Translation
And Sarai is barren -- she hath no child.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Terah's Descendants
29And Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves. Abram’s wife was named Sarai, and Nahor’s wife was named Milcah; she was the daughter of Haran, who was the father of both Milcah and Iscah. 30But Sarai was barren; she had no children. 31And Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai the wife of Abram, and they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans for the land of Canaan. But when they arrived in Haran, they settled there.…

Cross References
Genesis 16:1
Now Abram's wife Sarai had borne him no children, but she had an Egyptian maidservant named Hagar.

Genesis 11:31
And Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai the wife of Abram, and they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans for the land of Canaan. But when they arrived in Haran, they settled there.


Treasury of Scripture

But Sarai was barren; she had no child.

barren.

Genesis 15:2,3
And Abram said, Lord GOD, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus? …

Genesis 16:1,2
Now Sarai Abram's wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar…

Genesis 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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Genesis 11
1. One language in the world.
2. The building of Babel.
5. It is interrupted by the confusion of tongues, and the builders dispersed.
10. The generations of Shem.
27. The generations of Terah, the father of Abram.
31. Terah, with Abram and Lot, move from Ur to Haran.














Verse 30. - But Sarai was barren; she had no child. Perhaps in contrast to Milcah, who by this time had begun to have a family (Murphy).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
But Sarai
שָׂרַ֖י (śā·ray)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 8297: Sarai -- a wife of Abram

was
וַתְּהִ֥י (wat·tə·hî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

barren;
עֲקָרָ֑ה (‘ă·qā·rāh)
Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's 6135: Sterile

she had no
אֵ֥ין (’ên)
Adverb
Strong's 369: A non-entity, a negative particle

children.
וָלָֽד׃ (wā·lāḏ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2056: Offspring, child


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