King James Version

Genesis 11:30

But Sarai was barren; she had no child.

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וַתְּהִ֥יvathiand beהָיָהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “and be”, the next action in the storyH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.שָׂרַ֖יsaraySaraiשָׂרַיnoun, proper name — “Sarai”H8297Sarai, the wife of AbrahamSarai.עֲקָרָ֑הaqarahbarrenעָקָרadjective, adjective, feminine, singular, absolute — “barren”, the ordinary formH6135sterile (as if extirpated in the generative organs)([idiom] male or female) barren (woman).אֵ֥יןeynelseאַיִןparticle, negative — “else”H369a non-entity; generally used as a negative particleelse, except, fail, (father-) less, be gone, in(-curable), neither, never, no (where), none, nor, (any, thing), not, nothing, to nought, past, un(-searchable), well-nigh, without. Compare H370 (אַיִן).לָ֖הּlahtoלָ֖הּpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “to”toוָלָֽדvaladchildוָלָדnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “child”, the ordinary formH2056a boychild.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And Sarai was barren; she had no child.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And Sarai was barren; she had no child.

Young’s Literal Translation

And Sarai is barren — she hath no child.

World English Bible

Sarai was barren. She had no child.

Darby Translation

And Sarai was barren: she had no child.

Douay-Rheims

And Sarai was barren, and had no children.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And Sarai was barren; she had no child.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And Sara was barren, and did not bear children.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἦν Σάρα στεῖρα, καὶ οὐκ ἐτεκνοποίει.

American Standard Version (1901)

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

Darby Translation

Douay-Rheims

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

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