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Genesis 16:2
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Genesis 16:2
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2 and Sarai said to Abram, “You see that the Lord has prevented me from bearing children; go in to my slave; it may be that I shall obtain children by her.” And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai.(A)
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Genesis 16:2
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Genesis 16:2
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2 so she said to Abram, “The Lord has kept me from having children.(A) Go, sleep with my slave; perhaps I can build a family through her.”(B)
Abram agreed to what Sarai said.
Exodus 21:4
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Exodus 21:4
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4 If his master gives him a wife and she bears him sons or daughters, the wife and her children shall be her master’s, and he shall go out alone.
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Exodus 21:4
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Exodus 21:4
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4 If his master gives him a wife and she bears him sons or daughters, the woman and her children shall belong to her master, and only the man shall go free.
Genesis 18:10
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Genesis 18:10
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10 Then one said, “I will surely return to you in due season, and your wife Sarah shall have a son.” And Sarah was listening at the tent entrance behind him.(A)
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Genesis 18:10
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Genesis 18:10
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10 Then one of them said, “I will surely return to you about this time next year,(A) and Sarah your wife will have a son.”(B)
Now Sarah was listening at the entrance to the tent, which was behind him.
Genesis 3:17
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Genesis 3:17
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17 And to the man[a] he said,
“Because you have listened to the voice of your wife
and have eaten of the tree
about which I commanded you,
‘You shall not eat of it,’
cursed is the ground because of you;
in toil you shall eat of it all the days of your life;(A)
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- 3.17 Or to Adam
Genesis 3:17
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Genesis 3:17
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Psalm 127:3
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Psalm 127:3
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3 Sons are indeed a heritage from the Lord,
the fruit of the womb a reward.(A)
Psalm 127:3
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Psalm 127:3
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3 Children are a heritage from the Lord,
offspring a reward(A) from him.
Ruth 4:11
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Ruth 4:11
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11 Then all the people who were at the gate, along with the elders, said, “We are witnesses. May the Lord make the woman who is coming into your house like Rachel and Leah, who together built up the house of Israel. May you produce children[a] in Ephrathah and bestow a name in Bethlehem;(A)
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- 4.11 Or wealth
Ruth 4:11
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Ruth 4:11
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Genesis 30:22
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Genesis 30:22
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22 Then God remembered Rachel, and God heeded her and opened her womb.(A)
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Genesis 30:22
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Genesis 30:22
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Genesis 30:9-10
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Genesis 30:9-10
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9 When Leah saw that she had ceased bearing children, she took her maid Zilpah and gave her to Jacob as a wife.(A) 10 Then Leah’s maid Zilpah bore Jacob a son.
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Genesis 30:2-4
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Genesis 30:2-4
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2 Jacob became very angry with Rachel and said, “Am I in the place of God, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?”(A) 3 Then she said, “Here is my maid Bilhah; go in to her, that she may bear upon my knees and that I too may have children through her.”(B) 4 So she gave him her maid Bilhah as a wife, and Jacob went in to her.(C)
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Genesis 30:2-4
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Genesis 30:2-4
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2 Jacob became angry with her and said, “Am I in the place of God,(A) who has kept you from having children?”(B)
3 Then she said, “Here is Bilhah,(C) my servant.(D) Sleep with her so that she can bear children for me and I too can build a family through her.”(E)
4 So she gave him her servant Bilhah as a wife.(F) Jacob slept with her,(G)
Genesis 25:21
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Genesis 25:21
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21 Isaac prayed to the Lord for his wife because she was barren, and the Lord granted his prayer, and his wife Rebekah conceived.(A)
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Genesis 25:21
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Genesis 25:21
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21 Isaac prayed to the Lord on behalf of his wife, because she was childless.(A) The Lord answered his prayer,(B) and his wife Rebekah became pregnant.
Genesis 20:18
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Genesis 20:18
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18 For the Lord had closed fast all the wombs of the house of Abimelech because of Sarah, Abraham’s wife.(A)
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Genesis 20:18
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Genesis 20:18
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18 for the Lord had kept all the women in Abimelek’s household from conceiving because of Abraham’s wife Sarah.(A)
Genesis 17:16
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Genesis 17:16
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16 I will bless her and also give you a son by her. I will bless her, and she shall give rise to nations; kings of peoples shall come from her.”(A)
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Genesis 17:16
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Genesis 17:16
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16 I will bless her and will surely give you a son by her.(A) I will bless her so that she will be the mother of nations;(B) kings of peoples will come from her.”
Genesis 3:12
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Genesis 3:12
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12 The man said, “The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me fruit from the tree, and I ate.”(A)
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Genesis 3:12
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Genesis 3:12
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12 The man said, “The woman you put here with me(A)—she gave me some fruit from the tree, and I ate it.”
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