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19 Hadad found great favor in the eyes of Pharaoh, and he gave him the sister of his wife, the sister of Tahpenes the queen, as wife. 20 The sister of Tahpenes bore Genubath his son for him, and Tahpenes weaned him in the middle of the house of Pharaoh. Genubath was in the house of Pharaoh in the midst of the children[a] of Pharaoh. 21 Now Hadad heard in Egypt that David had slept with his ancestors[b] and that Joab the commander of the army was dead. Then Hadad said to Pharaoh, “Send me away that I may go to my land.”

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  1. 1 Kings 11:20 Or “sons”
  2. 1 Kings 11:21 Or “fathers”