18For the LORD had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham's wife.


In Context

15 And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before you: dwell where it pleases you.

16 And to Sarah he said, Behold, I have given your brother a thousand pieces of silver: behold, he is to you a covering of the eyes, to all that are with you, and with all other: thus she was reproved.

17 So Abraham prayed to God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maidservants; and they bore children.

18 For the LORD had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham's wife.

Genesis 20:18 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:18For the LORD had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham’s wife.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

20:18for the Lord had closed up every womb in Abimelech's household because of Abraham's wife Sarah.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

20:18For the Lord had closed up every womb of the house of Abimelech on ac- count of Sara, Abraham's wife.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

20:18For Jehovah had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah, Abraham's wife.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:18For Jehovah had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech because of Sarah Abraham's wife.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

20:18For the LORD had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham's wife.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:18For the LORD had made barren all the females of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah, Abraham's wife.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:18For Yahweh had closed up tight all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah, Abraham's wife.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

20:18for Jehovah restraining had restrained every womb of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah, Abraham's wife.