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Genesis 11:30
30Sarai could not give birth to children. She did not have any children.
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Context of Genesis 11:30
28While Terah was still alive, his son, Haran, died. Haran died in Ur, the land of the Chaldeans. That was where Haran had been born. 29Abram married Sarai. Nahor married Milcah. Milcah was Haran's daughter. Haran was the father of Milcah and Iscah. Sarai could not give birth to children. She did not have any children. 31Terah took his son Abram and his grandson Lot. (Lot was Haran's son.) Terah also took Abram's wife Sarai. They all left Ur, the land of the Chaldeans. They began to go to Canaan. But when they came to Haran, they stayed there. 32Terah lived for 205 years. Then he died in Haran.
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וַתְּהִ֥י שָׂרַ֖י עֲקָרָ֑ה אֵ֥ין לָ֖הּ וָלָֽד׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Genesis 11:30
- Genesis 15:2But Abram said, ‘Almighty Lord, there is one gift that I want. I still have no children. When I die, Eliezer of Damascus will receive everything that I have.
- Genesis 16:1Abram's wife, Sarai, had not given birth to any children. She had an Egyptian servant. The servant's name was Hagar.
- Genesis 18:11Abraham and Sarah were now very old. Sarah was past the age when she could give birth to a child.
- Genesis 21:1The Lord was kind to Sarah. He did what he had promised to do for her.
- Genesis 25:21Rebekah could not have children. So Isaac prayed to the Lord for Rebekah. The Lord did as Isaac asked. And Isaac's wife, Rebekah, became pregnant.
- Genesis 29:31The Lord saw that Jacob did not love Leah. So he let her become pregnant. But Rachel did not give birth to any children.
- Genesis 30:1Rachel now knew that she could not give birth to any children for Jacob. So she became jealous of her sister. Rachel said to Jacob, ‘Please give me children. If not, I will die.’
- Judges 13:2There was a man who belonged to Dan's tribe. His name was Manoah and he lived in Zorah. His wife had no children and she could not give birth.
- 1 Samuel 1:2Elkanah had two wives. One wife was called Hannah and the other wife was called Peninnah. Peninnah had children but Hannah did not have any children.
- Psalms 113:9He makes the wife who cannot give birth into a happy mother of children. Hallelujah! Praise the Lord!
- Luke 1:7But they had no children. Elizabeth could not give birth and they were both getting old.
Commentaries on Genesis 11:30
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 27-32Verses 27-32 - Section X - Abraham - XXXVI. The Father of Abram 27. לוט lôṭ Lot, “veil;” verb: “cover.” 28. אוּר 'ûr Ur, “light, flame.” כשׂדים kaśdı̂ym Kasdim, Cardi, Kurds, ͂ Kaldaioi כסד kesed “gain?” Arabic. Ur Kasdim has been identified with Hur, now called Mugheir (the bitumened), a heap of ruins lying south of the Euphrates, nearly opposite its jucnction with the Shat el-Hie. Others place it at Edessa, now Orfa, a short way north of Carrhae. 29…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 27-32Verses 27-32 Here begins the story of Abram, whose name is famous in both Testaments. Even the children of Eber had become worshippers of false gods. Those who are through grace, heirs of the land of promise, ought to remember what was the land of their birth; what was their corrupt and sinful state by nature. Abram's brethren were, Nahor, out of whose family both Isaac and Jacob had their wives; and Haran, the father of Lot, who died before his father…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 30Sarai, Rebekah, and Rachel could not have children at first (25:21; 29:31). Sarai’s case especially shows the tension between what people could see and what God had promised. God had promised to make Abram into a great nation (12:2). Israel began through women who could not bear children. This shows that Israel existed because of God’s power and choice. God gave children to women who were barren (unable to have children), as these passages also show (see…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-321. the whole earth was of one language. The descendants of Noah, united by the strong bond of a common language, had not separated, and notwithstanding the divine command to replenish the earth, were unwilling to separate. The more pious and well-disposed would of course obey the divine will; but a numerous body, seemingly the aggressive horde mentioned (Ge 10:10), determined to please themselves by occupying the fairest region they came to.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Genesis 11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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