Genesis 11 · Verse 30

Genesis 11:30

But Sarai was barren; she had no child.
Genesis 11:30, King James Version

Genesis 11:30 in other translations

BSBBut Sarai was barren; she had no children.
WEBSarai was barren. She had no child.
ASVAnd Sarai was barren; she had no child.
YLTAnd Sarai is barren--she hath no child.
DARBYAnd Sarai was barren: she had no child.
BBEAnd Sarai had no child.
WebsterBut Sarai was barren; she had no child.

What does Genesis 11:30 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 11:27-32

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…

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Genesis 11:30 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַתְּהִ֥יva.te.Hiand she wasH1961
שָׂרַ֖יsa.RaiSaraiH8297
עֲקָרָ֑ה'a.ka.RahbarrenH6135
אֵ֥ין'einnotH369
לָ֖הּlah[belonged] to <the> her
וָלָֽד\׃va.Lada childH2056

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Genesis 11:30

  • 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.

  • Genesis 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.

  • 1 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.

  • Luke 1:7

    And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and they both were now well stricken in years.

  • Luke 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.

  • Genesis 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. And Jacob’s anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, Am I in God’s stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?

  • Genesis 29:31

    And when the Lord saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren.

  • 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. Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?

  • Genesis 21:1-2

    And the Lord visited Sarah as he had said, and the Lord did unto Sarah as he had spoken. For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.

  • 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? And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir.

  • Psalms 113:9

    He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the Lord.

  • Genesis 16:1-2

    Now Sarai Abram’s wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar. 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.

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15:2,3; 16:1,2; 18:11,12; 21:1,2; 25:21; 29:31; 30:1,2; Jud 13:2
1Sa 1:2; Ps 113:9; Lu 1:7,36

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Context

  • Genesis 11:29

    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.

  • Genesis 11:30

    But Sarai was barren; she had no child.

  • Genesis 11:31

    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.

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Genesis 11:30 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Mas Sarai fué estéril, y no tenía hijo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et Saraï était stérile, elle n’avait pas d’enfants.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und Sarai war unfruchtbar, sie hatte kein Kind.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Erat autem Sarai sterilis, nec habebat liberos.