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Genesis 16

Gen. 16:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And Sarai
Saray (Hebrew #8297)
dominative; Sarai, the wife of Abraham
KJV usage: Sarai.
Pronounce: saw-rah'-ee
Origin: from 8269
said
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
unto Abram
'Abram (Hebrew #87)
high father; Abram, the original name of Abraham
KJV usage: Abram.
Pronounce: ab-rawm'
Origin: contracted from 48
, Behold now, the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
g hath restrained me
`atsar (Hebrew #6113)
to inclose; by analogy, to hold back; also to maintain, rule, assemble
KJV usage: X be able, close up, detain, fast, keep (self close, still), prevail, recover, refrain, X reign, restrain, retain, shut (up), slack, stay, stop, withhold (self).
Pronounce: aw-tsar'
Origin: a primitive root
from bearing
yalad (Hebrew #3205)
to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage
KJV usage: bear, beget, birth((-day)), born, (make to) bring forth (children, young), bring up, calve, child, come, be delivered (of a child), time of delivery, gender, hatch, labour, (do the office of a) midwife, declare pedigrees, be the son of, (woman in, woman that) travail(-eth, -ing woman).
Pronounce: yaw-lad'
Origin: a primitive root
: I pray theeh, go in
bow' (Hebrew #935)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: abide, apply, attain, X be, befall, + besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, X certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, X doubtless again, + eat, + employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, + follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, + have, X indeed, (in-)vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, X (well) stricken (in age), X surely, take (in), way.
Pronounce: bo
Origin: a primitive root
unto my maid
shiphchah (Hebrew #8198)
a female slave (as a member of the household)
KJV usage: (bond-, hand-)maid(-en, -servant), wench, bondwoman, womanservant.
Pronounce: shif-khaw'
Origin: feminine from an unused root meaning to spread out (as a family; see 4940)
; it may
'uwlay (Hebrew #194)
from 176; if not; hence perhaps
KJV usage: if so be, may be, peradventure, unless.
Pronounce: oo-lah'ee
Origin: or (shortened) rulay {oo-lah'ee}
be that I may γobtain children
banah (Hebrew #1129)
to build (literally and figuratively)
KJV usage: (begin to) build(-er), obtain children, make, repair, set (up), X surely.
Pronounce: baw-naw'
Origin: a primitive root
by her. And Abram
'Abram (Hebrew #87)
high father; Abram, the original name of Abraham
KJV usage: Abram.
Pronounce: ab-rawm'
Origin: contracted from 48
hearkened
shama` (Hebrew #8085)
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
KJV usage: X attentively, call (gather) together, X carefully, X certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, X diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear(-ken, tell), X indeed, listen, make (a) noise, (be) obedient, obey, perceive, (make a) proclaim(-ation), publish, regard, report, shew (forth), (make a) sound, X surely, tell, understand, whosoever (heareth), witness.
Pronounce: shaw-mah'
Origin: a primitive root
to the voice
qowl (Hebrew #6963)
from an unused root meaning to call aloud; a voice or sound
KJV usage: + aloud, bleating, crackling, cry (+ out), fame, lightness, lowing, noise, + hold peace, (pro-)claim, proclamation, + sing, sound, + spark, thunder(-ing), voice, + yell.
Pronounce: kole
Origin: or qol {kole}
of Sarai
Saray (Hebrew #8297)
dominative; Sarai, the wife of Abraham
KJV usage: Sarai.
Pronounce: saw-rah'-ee
Origin: from 8269
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Gen. 20:18• 18For the Lord had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham's wife. (Gen. 20:18)
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Gen. 30:3,9• 3And she said, Behold my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; and she shall bear upon my knees, that I may also have children by her.
 9When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife. (Gen. 30:3,9)
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be builded by her.

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the Lord.
Gen. 17:16• 16And I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of people shall be of her. (Gen. 17:16)
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Gen. 18:10• 10And he said, I will certainly return unto thee according to the time of life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard it in the tent door, which was behind him. (Gen. 18:10)
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Gen. 20:18• 18For the Lord had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham's wife. (Gen. 20:18)
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Gen. 25:21• 21And Isaac entreated the Lord for his wife, because she was barren: and the Lord was entreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived. (Gen. 25:21)
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Gen. 30:2‑3,9,22• 2And 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?
 3And she said, Behold my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; and she shall bear upon my knees, that I may also have children by her.
 9When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife.
 22And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb. (Gen. 30:2‑3,9,22)
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Psa. 127:3• 3Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward. (Psa. 127:3)
obtain children.
Heb be builded.
Gen. 30:3,6• 3And she said, Behold my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; and she shall bear upon my knees, that I may also have children by her.
 6And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son: therefore called she his name Dan. (Gen. 30:3,6)
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Ex. 21:4• 4If his master have given him a wife, and she have born him sons or daughters; the wife and her children shall be her master's, and he shall go out by himself. (Ex. 21:4)
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Ruth 4:11• 11And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. The Lord make the woman that is come into thine house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel: and do thou worthily in Ephratah, and be famous in Bethlehem: (Ruth 4:11)
hearkened.
Gen. 3:1‑6,12,17• 1Now the serpent was more subtile than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
 2And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:
 3But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
 4And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:
 5For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
 6And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
 12And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.
 17And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; (Gen. 3:1‑6,12,17)
• The poor heart naturally prefers anything to the attitude of waiting. It will turn to any expedient—any scheme—any resource, rather than be kept in that posture. (“Genesis 16” by C.H. Mackintosh)
• Abraham exhibits faith, in chapter 15 and yet he fails in patience, in chapter 16. Hence the force and beauty of the apostle’s word, in Hebrews 6, “followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.” God makes a promise, faith believes it; hope anticipates it; patience waits quietly for it. (“Genesis 16” by C.H. Mackintosh)

J. N. Darby Translation

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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.