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Source language
JPS Hebrew-English TANAKH   
כי עצר עצר יהוה בעד כל רחם לבית אבימלך על דבר שרה אשת אברהם
Hebrew - Transliteration via code library   
ky `TSr `TSr yhvh b`d kl rKHm lbyt Abymlk `l dbr SHrh ASHt Abrhm

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
concluserat enim Deus omnem vulvam domus Abimelech propter Sarram uxorem Abraham

King James Variants
American King James Version   
For the LORD had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham's wife.
King James 2000 (out of print)   
For the LORD had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham's wife.
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
For the LORD had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham's wife.
Authorized (King James) Version   
For the Lord had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham’s wife.
New King James Version   
for the Lord had closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech because of Sarah, Abraham’s wife.
21st Century King James Version   
for the Lord had closed up fast all the wombs of the house of Abimelech because of Sarah, Abraham’s wife.

Other translations
American Standard Version   
For Jehovah had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah, Abraham's wife.
Darby Bible Translation   
For Jehovah had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech because of Sarah Abraham's wife.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
For the Lord had closed up every womb of the house of Abimelech on ac- count of Sara, Abraham's wife.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
For the LORD had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham's wife.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
For the LORD had closed all the wombs of the house of Abimelech because of Sarah, Abraham’s wife.
God's Word   
(The LORD had made it impossible for any woman in Abimelech's household to have children because of Abraham's wife Sarah.)
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
for the LORD had completely closed all the wombs in Abimelech's household on account of Sarah, Abraham's wife.
International Standard Version   
since the LORD had made all the women barren in Abimelech's household on account of Abraham's wife Sarah.
NET Bible   
For the LORD had caused infertility to strike every woman in the household of Abimelech because he took Sarah, Abraham's wife.
New American Standard Bible   
For the LORD had closed fast all the wombs of the household of Abimelech because of Sarah, Abraham's wife.
New International Version   
for the LORD had kept all the women in Abimelek's household from conceiving because of Abraham's wife Sarah.
New Living Translation   
For the LORD had caused all the women to be infertile because of what happened with Abraham's wife, Sarah.
Webster's Bible Translation   
For the LORD had made barren all the females of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah, Abraham's wife.
The World English Bible   
For Yahweh had closed up tight all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah, Abraham's wife.
EasyEnglish Bible   
The Lord had made them unable to have children. He did this because of what happened to Abraham's wife, Sarah.
Young‘s Literal Translation   
for Jehovah restraining had restrained every womb of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah, Abraham's wife.
New Life Version   
For the Lord had stopped all births in the house of Abimelech because of Abraham’s wife Sarah.
The Voice Bible   
because God had temporarily sealed the wombs of all of the females of Abimelech’s household—all because of what happened to Sarah, Abraham’s wife.
Living Bible   
for God had stricken all the women with barrenness to punish Abimelech for taking Abraham’s wife.
New Catholic Bible   
For the Lord had rendered all the women in the household of Abimelech sterile because of Sarah, the wife of Abraham.
Legacy Standard Bible   
For Yahweh had utterly shut all the wombs of the household of Abimelech because of Sarah, Abraham’s wife.
Jubilee Bible 2000   
For the LORD had completely closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech because of Sarah, Abraham’s wife.
Christian Standard Bible   
for the Lord had completely closed all the wombs in Abimelech’s household on account of Sarah, Abraham’s wife.
Amplified Bible © 1954   
For the Lord had closed fast the wombs of all in Abimelech’s household because of Sarah, Abraham’s wife.
New Century Version   
The Lord had kept all the women in Abimelech’s house from having children as a punishment on Abimelech for taking Abraham’s wife Sarah.
The Message   
Then Abraham prayed to God and God healed Abimelech, his wife and his maidservants, and they started having babies again. For God had shut down every womb in Abimelech’s household on account of Sarah, Abraham’s wife. * * *
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
For the Lord had closed up tight all the wombs of the household of Abimelek over the matter of Sarah, Abraham’s wife.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
For the Lord had closed fast all the wombs of the house of Abimelech because of Sarah, Abraham’s wife.
Good News Translation®   
Because of what had happened to Sarah, Abraham's wife, the Lord had made it impossible for any woman in Abimelech's palace to have children. So Abraham prayed for Abimelech, and God healed him. He also healed his wife and his slave women, so that they could have children.
Wycliffe Bible   
for God had closed each womb of the house of Abimelech, for Sarah, the wife of Abraham. (for God had closed up each womb in Abimelech’s household, because of Sarah, Abraham’s wife.)
Contemporary English Version   
Meanwhile, God had kept Abimelech's wife and slaves from having children. But Abraham prayed, and God let them start having children again.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
For the Lord had closed all the wombs of the house of Abim′elech because of Sarah, Abraham’s wife.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
For the Lord had closed fast all the wombs of the house of Abimelech because of Sarah, Abraham’s wife.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
For the Lord had closed fast all the wombs of the house of Abimelech because of Sarah, Abraham’s wife.
Common English Bible © 2011   
Because of the incident with Abraham’s wife Sarah, the Lord had kept all of the women in Abimelech’s household from having children.
Amplified Bible © 2015   
for the Lord had securely closed the wombs of all [the women] in Abimelech’s household because of Sarah, Abraham’s wife.
English Standard Version Anglicised   
For the Lord had closed all the wombs of the house of Abimelech because of Sarah, Abraham's wife.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
for the Lord had closed every womb in Abimelech’s household on account of Abraham’s wife Sarah.
New American Standard Bible   
For the Lord had completely closed all the wombs of the household of Abimelech because of Sarah, Abraham’s wife.
The Expanded Bible   
The Lord had ·kept all the women in Abimelech’s house from having children [L closed up every womb of the house of Abimelech] ·as a punishment on Abimelech for taking [L on account of] Abraham’s wife Sarah.
Tree of Life Version   
For Adonai had completely locked up every womb in Abimelech’s household because of Sarah, Abraham’s wife.
Revised Standard Version   
For the Lord had closed all the wombs of the house of Abim′elech because of Sarah, Abraham’s wife.
New International Reader's Version   
The Lord had kept all the women in Abimelek’s house from having children. He had done it because of Abraham’s wife Sarah.
BRG Bible   
For the Lord had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham’s wife.
Complete Jewish Bible   
For Adonai had made every woman in Avimelekh’s household infertile on account of Sarah Avraham’s wife.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
For the Lord had closed fast all the wombs of the house of Abimelech because of Sarah, Abraham’s wife.
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
For Hashem had fast closed up kol rechem (every womb) of the bais Avimelech, on account of Sarah Avraham’s isha.
Names of God Bible   
(Yahweh had made it impossible for any woman in Abimelech’s household to have children because of Abraham’s wife Sarah.)
Modern English Version   
For the Lord had closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelek because of Sarah, Abraham’s wife.
Easy-to-Read Version   
The Lord made all the women in Abimelech’s family not able to have children. God did this because Abimelech had taken Sarah, Abraham’s wife. But Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, his wife, and his servant girls.
International Children’s Bible   
The Lord had kept all the women in Abimelech’s house from having children. This was God’s punishment on Abimelech for taking Abraham’s wife Sarah.
Lexham English Bible   
For Yahweh had completely closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech because of the matter of Sarah, the wife of Abraham.
New International Version - UK   
for the Lord had kept all the women in Abimelek’s household from conceiving because of Abraham’s wife Sarah.