Genesis 16:2

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

ASV Byzantine Text

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.

Asang Khongca Bible

To pongah Sarai mah Abram khaeah, Angraeng mah caa ang kaaksak boeh; caeh ah loe ka tamna nongpata khaeah iip ah, anih mah caa na sah pae khoe doeh om tih, tiah a naa. Abram mah Sarai ih lok to tahngaih pae.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs

Te dongah Sarai loh Abram la, “Ca cun ham khaw BOEIPA loh kai n'khaih coeng he. Ka salnu taengla kun mai lamtah, anih lamloh ka thoh khaming,” a ti nah.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

Te dongah Sarai loh Abram la, “Ca cun ham khaw BOEIPA loh kai n'khaih coeng he. Ka salnu taengla kun mai lamtah, anih lamloh ka thoh khaming,” a ti nah.

Hawaiian Bible 1868

I mai la o Sarai ia Aberama, Aia hoi, ua pa wau ia Iehova; ke nonoi aku nei au ia oe, e komo ae oe iloko i ka'u kauwawahine, i loaa paha ia'u na keiki ma o na la. Hoolohe aku la o Aberama i ka leo o Sarai.

English Berean Standard Bible

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.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985

Sarayi di Abram konsa. Gade! Seyè a pa kite mwen fè pitit. Al kouche ak sèvant mwen an non. Ou pa janm konnen, li ka fè pitit pou mwen. Abram tonbe dakò ak sa Sarayi te di l' la.

Clementine Vulgate 1598

dixit marito suo: Ecce, conclusit me Dominus, ne parerem. Ingredere ad ancillam meam, si forte saltem ex illa suscipiam filios. Cumque ille acquiesceret deprecanti,

Bible in Basic English

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.

French: Bible J.N. Darby

Et Saraï dit à Abram : Tu vois que l’ Éternel m’a empêchée d’avoir des enfants ; va, je te prie, vers ma servante ; peut-être me bâtirai-je [une maison] par elle. Et Abram écouta la voix de Saraï.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613

I řekla Sarai Abramovi: Aj, nyní Hospodin zavřel život můj, abych nerodila; vejdi, prosím, k děvce mé, zda bych aspoň z ní mohla míti syny. I povolil Abram řeči Sarai.

Kosraean Bible

Ouinge Sarai el fahk nu sel Abram, “ LEUM GOD El tia lela in oasr tulik nutik. Kom ku tia tari ona yurin mutan kulansap luk? Sahp el ac ku in aolyula oswela sie tulik ah.” Abram el insese nu ke ma Sarai el fahk nu sel.

World Portuguese Bible

Sarai disse a Abrão: “Veja agora, o SENHOR me impediu de ter filhos. Por favor, deite-se com a minha serva. Pode ser que eu obtenha filhos por meio dela.” Abrão deu ouvidos à voz de Sarai.

Romanian BTF Bible

Şi Sarai i-a spus lui Avram: Iată acum, DOMNUL m-a oprit de la a naşte; te rog, intră la servitoarea mea, poate că voi obţine copii prin ea. Şi Avram a dat ascultare vocii lui Sarai.

Brenton English Septuagint

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.

Burmese Common Language Bible

သို့​ဖြစ်​၍​စာ​ရဲ​က​အာ​ဗြံ​အား``ထာ​ဝ​ရ​ဘု​ရား သည် ကျွန်​မ​ကို​သား​သ​မီး​မ​ထွန်း​ကား​စေ​ပါ။ ကျွန်​မ​၏​ကျွန်​မ​ကို​သိမ်း​ပိုက်​ပါ​လော့။ သူ့​အား ဖြင့်​ကျွန်​မ​သား​ရ​ကောင်း​ရ​လိမ့်​မည်'' ဟု​ပြော​၏။ အာ​ဗြံ​သည်​စာ​ရဲ​အ​ကြံ​ပေး​ချက်​ကို​လက်​ခံ သ​ဖြင့်၊-

Darby Translation

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.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible

Und Sarai sprach zu Abram: Siehe doch, Jehova hat mich verschlossen, daß ich nicht gebäre; gehe doch ein zu meiner Magd, vielleicht werde ich aus ihr erbaut werden. Und Abram hörte auf die Stimme Sarais.

Dutch Bible 1917

Zo zeide Sarai tot Abram: Zie toch, de HEERE heeft mij toegesloten, dat ik niet bare; ga toch in tot mijn dienstmaagd, misschien zal ik uit haar gebouwd worden. En Abram hoorde naar de stem van Sarai.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

En Sarai zeide tot Abram: Zie, Jahweh heeft mijn schoot gesloten; ga dus tot mijn slavin: misschien krijg ik kinderen van haar. Abram stemde met Sarai in.

Italian Diodati Bible

ed avendo una serva egizia, nominata Agar , disse ad Abramo: Ecco, ora il Signore mi ha fatta sterile, tal che non posso far figliuoli; deh! entra dalla mia serva; forse avrò progenie da lei. Ed Abramo acconsentì alla voce di Sarai .

Douay-Rheims 1899

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,

Geneva Bible 1599

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.

Danish Bible 1931

og Saraj sagde til Abram: “HERREN har jo nægtet mig Børn; gå derfor ind til min Trælkvinde, måske kan jeg få en Søn ved hende!” Og Abram adlød Saraj.

Leeser Tanakh

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

JPS TaNaKH 1917

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.

King James Version

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.

King James Version + Apocrypha

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.

Vietnamese Bible 1923

Sa-rai nói cùng Aùp-ram rằng: Nầy, Đức Giê-hô-va đã làm cho tôi son sẻ, vậy xin ông hãy lại ăn ở cùng con đòi tôi, có lẽ tôi sẽ nhờ nó mà có con chăng. Aùp-ram bèn nghe theo lời của Sa-rai.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

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.

Revised West Version

Pea naʻe lea ʻa Selai kia ʻEpalame, “Vakai mai, kuo taʻofi au ʻe Sihova, ke ʻoua naʻaku fānau; pea ʻoku ou tala atu kiate koe, ke ke ʻalu ki heʻeku kaunanga; heiʻilo te u maʻu ʻae fānau ʻiate ia. Pea naʻe tokanga ʻa ʻEpalame ki he lea ʻa Selai.

French Ostervald Bible

Et Saraï dit à Abram: Voici, l'Éternel m'a rendue stérile; viens, je te prie, vers ma servante; peut-être aurai-je des enfants par elle. Et Abram obéit à la voix de Saraï.

Esperanto Bible

Kaj Saraj diris al Abram: Jen la Eternulo ŝlosis min, ke mi ne nasku; eniru do al mia sklavino, eble mi havos infanojn per ŝi. Kaj Abram obeis la voĉon de Saraj.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible

Et Saraï dit à Abram: Voici, l’Éternel m’a rendue stérile; viens, je te prie, vers ma servante; peut-être aurai-je par elle des enfants. Abram écouta la voix de Saraï.

German Luther Bible 1912

Und sie sprach zu Abram: Siehe, der HERR hat mich verschlossen, daß ich nicht gebären kann. Gehe doch zu meiner Magd, ob ich vielleicht aus ihr mich aufbauen möge. Und Abram gehorchte der Stimme Sarais.

LXX2012 U. S. English

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 listened to the voice of Sara.

British English Septuagint 2012

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 listened to the voice of Sara.

Majority Standard BIble

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.

Webster Bible

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.

Open English Bible (Commonwealth)

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

Open English Bible (US)

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

Revised Version

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.

Italian Riveduta Bible

E Sarai disse ad Abramo: “Ecco, l’Eterno m’ha fatta sterile; deh, va’ dalla mia serva; forse avrò progenie da lei”. E Abramo dette ascolto alla voce di Sarai.

French Free Holy Bible for the World

Saraï dit à Abram : « Voici, le SEIGNEUR m'a empêchée d'avoir des enfants. Unis-toi donc à ma servante. Peut-être aurai-je des enfants par son intermédiaire. » Abram accepta la proposition de Saraï.

Reina Valera 1909

Dijo, pues, Sarai á Abram: Ya ves que Jehová me ha hecho estéril: ruégote que entres á mi sierva; quizá tendré hijos de ella. Y atendió Abram al dicho de Sarai.

Spanish BLL

Entonces Sarai le dijo a Abram: “Mira, Yahvé no me ha permitido tener hijos. Por favor, ten relaciones con mi esclava; tal vez pueda formar una familia por medio de ella”. Y Abram aceptó la propuesta de Sarai.

Spanish Free Bible for the World

Dijo entonces Sarai a Abram: «Mira, Yahvé me ha impedido el tener hijos; te ruego que te llegues a mi sierva, quizá tendré descendencia de ella». Y atendió Abram al ruego de Sarai.

Croatian Bible

I reče Saraja Abramu: “Vidiš, Jahve me učinio nerotkinjom. Hajde k mojoj sluškinji, možda ću imati djece.” Abram posluša riječ Sarajinu.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin)

Pa reče Sara Avramu: Gospod me je zatvorio da ne rodim; nego idi k robinji mojoj, ne bih li dobila dece od nje. I Avram prista na reč Sarinu.

Targum Onkelos Etheridge

And Sara said to Abram, Behold now, the Lord hath restrained me from childbearing; go in now to my handmaid, if, perhaps, I may have sons from her. And Abram received the word of Sara.

German Textbibel

Da sprach Sarai zu Abram: Da mir Jahwe nun einmal Kinder versagt hat, so gehe doch ein zu meiner Leibmagd: vielleicht werde ich durch sie zu Kindern kommen! Und Abram gehorchte den Worten Sarais.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

And Sarai 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 Sarai.

Hebrew OT (WLC)

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

World English Bible

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.

World English Bible (Catholic)

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.

World English Bible British Edition

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.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon

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.

World English Bible Classic

Sarai said to Abram, “See now, Yahweh 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.

World English Bible Updated

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.

World Messianic Bible

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.

World Messianic Bible British Edition

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.

Wycliffe Bible portions

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,

Young's Literal Translation

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.

SEPTUAGINTA

εἶπε δὲ Σάρα πρὸς ¨Αβραμ· ἰδοὺ συνέκλεισέ με Κύριος τοῦ μὴ τίκτειν· εἴσελθε οὖν πρὸς τὴν παιδίσκην μου, ἵνα τεκνοποιήσωμαι ἐξ αὐτῆς. ὑπήκουσε δὲ ¨Αβραμ τῆς φωνῆς Σάρας.

Brenton Septuagint

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.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic)

Ши Сарай а зис луй Аврам: „Ятэ, Домнул м-а фэкут стярпэ; интрэ, те рог, ла роаба мя; поате кэ вой авя копий де ла еа.” Аврам а аскултат челе спусе де Сарай.

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish

І рече Сара до Аврама: Се зачинив мене Господь, щоб не роджати; дак увійди до рабинї моєї, щоб у мене були дїти від неї. І послухав Аврам гласу Сариного.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible

І рече Сара до Аврама: Се зачинив мене Господь, щоб не роджати; дак увійди до рабинї моєї, щоб у мене були дїти від неї. І послухав Аврам гласу Сариного.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic)

Па рече Сара Авраму: Господ ме је затворио да не родим; него иди к робињи мојој, не бих ли добила деце од ње. И Аврам приста на реч Сарину.

Russian Synodal Bible

И сказала Сара Авраму: вот, Господь заключил чрево мое, чтобы мне не рождать; войди же к служанке моей: может быть, я буду иметь детей от нее. Аврам послушался слов Сары.

Hebrew Masoretic OT

וַתֹּ֨אמֶר שָׂרַ֜י אֶל־אַבְרָ֗ם הִנֵּה־נָ֞א עֲצָרַ֤נִי יְהוָה֙ מִלֶּ֔דֶת בֹּא־נָא֙ אֶל־שִׁפְחָתִ֔י אוּלַ֥י אִבָּנֶ֖ה מִמֵּ֑נָּה וַיִּשְׁמַ֥ע אַבְרָ֖ם לְקֹ֥ול שָׂרָֽי׃

Modern Hebrew Bible

ותאמר שרי אל אברם הנה נא עצרני יהוה מלדת בא נא אל שפחתי אולי אבנה ממנה וישמע אברם לקול שרי׃

Arabic Van Dyck Bible

فَقَالَتْ سَارَايُ لِأَبْرَامَ: «هُوَذَا ٱلرَّبُّ قَدْ أَمْسَكَنِي عَنِ ٱلْوِلَادَةِ. ٱدْخُلْ عَلَى جَارِيَتِي لَعَلِّي أُرْزَقُ مِنْهَا بَنِينَ». فَسَمِعَ أَبْرَامُ لِقَوْلِ سَارَايَ.

Old Persion Version Bible

پس سارای به ابرام گفت: «اینک خداوند مرا از زاییدن باز داشت. پس به کنیز من درآی، شاید از او بنا شوم.» و ابرام سخن سارای را قبول نمود.

Judson Burmese Bible

စာရဲ က၊ အကျွန်ုပ် အား သားဘွား ရသောအခွင့်ကို ထာဝရဘုရား ပေးတော်မမူ။ အကျွန်ုပ် ၏ ကျွန် မထံသို့ ဝင် ပါလော့။ သူ့ အားဖြင့် အကျွန်ုပ်သည် တည်ဆောက် ခြင်း ရှိကောင်းရှိပါလိမ့်မည်ဟု အာဗြံ အား ပြောဆို ၍ ၊ အာဗြံ သည် စာရဲ ၏စကား ကို နားထောင် လေ၏။

Korean Bible 1910

사래가 아브람에게 이르되 `여호와께서 나의 생산을 허락지 아니하셨으니 원컨대 나의 여종과 동침하라 내가 혹 그로 말미암아 자녀를 얻을까 하노라' 하매 아브람이 사래의 말을 들으니라

Japanese Freedom Bible

サライはアブラムに言った。「見よ、主は私に子を産ませてくださいません。どうか、私のしもべのところに入ってください。彼女によって、私も子を得られるかもしれません。」アブラムはサライの言うことを聞いた。

World Chinese Bible

撒莱对亚伯兰说：“看哪，耶和华使我不能生育。请你与我的婢女同房，也许我可以借着她得孩子。”亚伯兰听从了撒莱的话。

Chinese Union Version (simplified)

撒莱对 亚伯兰说：「耶和华使我不能生育。求你和我的使女同房，或者我可以因她得孩子 。」 亚伯兰听从了 撒莱的话。

Chinese Union Version (traditional)

撒萊對 亞伯蘭說：「耶和華使我不能生育。求你和我的使女同房，或者我可以因她得孩子 。」 亞伯蘭聽從了 撒萊的話。

Portuguese Bíblia Livre

Disse, pois, Sarai a Abrão: Já vês que o SENHOR me fez estéril: rogo-te que entres a minha serva; talvez terei filhos dela. E atendeu Abrão ao dito de Sarai.

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Mashi Bible

Sarayi, anacibwîra Abramu, erhi: «Lolà, we kasinga obu Nyamubâho arhanyêmêreraga okuburha, j’emunda omujà-kazi wâni ali, nkaba hali amango ankacimbonera abâna». Abramu ayumva izù lya Sarayi.

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German Schlachter Bible 1951

Und Sarai sprach zu Abram: Siehe doch, der HERR hat mich verschlossen, daß ich nicht gebären kann. Gehe doch zu meiner Magd, ob ich mich vielleicht aus ihr erbauen kann! Abram gehorchte Sarais Stimme.

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La Biblia en Español Sencillo

Y Sarai dijo a Abram: Mira, el Señor no me ha dejado tener hijos; ve a mi sierva, porque puedo tener una familia a través de ella. Y Abram hizo lo que Sarai dijo.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You)

Y Saray dijo a Abram: Mira, Yavé me impidió tener hijos. Te ruego que te unas a mi esclava. Quizás los obtenga de ella. Y Abram escuchó la voz de Saray.

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The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible

And Sarai said unto Avram, Hinei now, Hashem hath restrained me from bearing; go now in unto my shifchah; it may be that I may build family by her. And Avram paid heed to the voice of Sarai.

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