Genesis 20:18
For the LORD had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham’s wife.
KJV
concluserat enim Dominus omnem vulvam domus Abimelech propter Saram uxorem Abrahæ.
Vulgate
ὅτι συνέκλεισεν Κύριος ἔξωθεν πᾶσαν μήτραν ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ τοῦ Ἀβιμέλεχ ἕνεκεν Σάρρας τῆς γυναικὸς Ἀβραάμ.
LXX
For Jehovah had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah, Abraham’s wife.
ASV
כִּֽי עָצֹ֤ר עָצַר֙ יְהוָ֔ה בְּעַ֥ד כָּל רֶ֖חֶם לְ/בֵ֣ית אֲבִימֶ֑לֶךְ עַל דְּבַ֥ר שָׂרָ֖ה אֵ֥שֶׁת אַבְרָהָֽם
Hebrew
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In this verse
In the original Hebrew
13 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֲבִימֶ֔לֶךְ
'bymlk
proper_noun · 67×
אַבְרָהָ֖ם
'brhm
proper_noun · 174×
בְּעַ֥ד
b'd
adverb · 103×
בֵּ֣ית
byt
noun · 2032×
דְבַר
dbr
noun · 1449×
וֹ
v
noun · 780×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
עָצ֔וּר
'tsvr
verb · 45×
רֶ֖חֶם
rchm
noun · 26×
שָׂרָ֖ה
shrh
proper_noun · 38×
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Gen 12:17 — And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram’s wife.
- Gen 12:17 — And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram’s wife.
- Gen 20:6 — And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart; for I also withheld thee from sinning against me: therefore suffered I thee not to touch her.
- Gen 29:31 — And when the LORD saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren.
- Gen 30:2 — 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?
- Job 3:10 — Because it shut not up the doors of my mother’s womb, nor hid sorrow from mine eyes.