Verse 2

And Sarai sayde vnto Abram: beholde, nowe the Lorde hath restrayned me, that I can not beare, I pray thee go in to my mayde, it may be that I may be builded by her: and Abram obeyed the voyce of Sarai.

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 3:1-6 : 1 And the serpent was suttiller then euery beast of the fielde which ye lord God hadde made, and he sayde vnto the woman: yea, hath God saide, ye shall not eate of euery tree of the garden? 2 And the woman sayde vnto the serpent: We eate of ye fruite of the trees of the garden. 3 But as for the fruite of the tree which is in the myddes of the garden, God hath sayde, ye shall not eate of it, neither shal ye touche of it, lest peraduenture ye dye. 4 And the serpent sayde vnto the woman: ye shall not dye the death. 5 For God doth knowe, that the same day that ye eate therof, your eyes shall be opened, and ye shalbe eue as gods, knowyng good and euyll. 6 And so the woman, seing that the same tree was good to eate of, and pleasaunt to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, toke of the fruite therof, and dyd eate, and gaue also vnto her husbande beyng with her, and he dyd eate.
  • Gen 3:12 : 12 And Adam said: The woman whom thou gauest to be with me, she gaue me of the tree, and I dyd eate.
  • Gen 3:17 : 17 Unto Adam he sayde: Because thou hast hearkened vnto the voyce of thy wyfe, and hast eaten of the tree concernyng the whiche I commaunded thee, saying, thou shalt not eate of it, cursed is the grounde for thy sake, in sorowe shalt thou eate of it all the dayes of thy lyfe.
  • Gen 17:16 : 16 And I wyll blesse her, and geue thee a sonne of her: yea, I wyll blesse her, and she shalbe a mother of nations, yea & kynges of people shall sprynge of her.
  • Gen 18:10 : 10 And he sayde: I wyll certaynely returne vnto thee according to the time of lyfe: and lo, Sara thy wyfe shall haue a sonne. That heard Sara in the tent doore, which was behynde hym.
  • Gen 20:18 : 18 For the Lorde had closed vp all the wombes of the house of Abimelech, because of Abrahams wyfe.
  • Gen 25:21 : 21 And Isahac made intercession vnto the Lorde for his wyfe, because she was barren: and the Lord was intreated of hym, and Rebecca his wyfe conceaued.
  • Gen 30:2-4 : 2 And Iacobs anger was kyndled agaynst Rachel, and sayde: Am I in Gods steade, whiche kepeth from thee the fruite of thy wombe? 3 Then she sayde: Here is my mayde Bilha, go in vnto her, & she shall beare vpon my knees, that I also may haue chyldren by her. 4 And she gaue him Bilha her handmayde to wyfe: and Iacob went in vnto her.
  • Gen 30:6 : 6 Then saide Rachel: God hath geuen sentence on my side, and hath also heard my voyce, and hath geuen me a sonne: therfore called she hym Dan.
  • Gen 30:9-9 : 9 When Lea sawe that she had left bearyng chyldren she toke Zilpha her mayde, and gaue her Iacob to wyfe. 10 And Zilpha Leas mayde bare Iacob a sonne.
  • Gen 30:22 : 22 And God remembred Rachel, & God hearde her, and made her fruitefull,
  • Exod 21:4 : 4 And if his maister haue geuen hym a wyfe, and she haue borne him sonnes or daughters: then the wyfe and her chyldren shalbe her maisters, and he shall go out alone.
  • Ruth 4:11 : 11 And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, sayde, We are witnesses: The Lord make the woma that is come into thyne house, lyke Rahel and Lea, whiche twayne dyd buylde the house of Israel: & that thou mayest do worthyly in Ephrata, and be famous in Bethlehem.
  • Ps 127:3 : 3 Beholde, chyldren be the inheritage of God: and the fruite of the wombe is a rewarde.