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Genesis 16:2
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Genesis 16:2
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2 And Sarai said to Abram, “Behold now, the Lord has prevented me from bearing children. Go in to my servant; it may be that I shall obtain children[a] by her.” And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai.
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- Genesis 16:2 Hebrew be built up, which sounds like the Hebrew for children
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.
Psalm 127:3
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Psalm 127:3
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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 (A)at the gate and the elders said, “We are witnesses. May the Lord make the woman, who is coming into your house, like Rachel and Leah, (B)who together (C)built up the house of Israel. May you act worthily in (D)Ephrathah and (E)be renowned in Bethlehem,
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Ruth 4:11
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Ruth 4:11
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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 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 30:22
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Genesis 30:22
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22 Then God (A)remembered Rachel, and God listened to her and (B)opened her womb.
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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 servant Zilpah and (A)gave her to Jacob as a wife. 10 Then Leah's servant 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's anger was kindled against Rachel, and he said, “Am I in the place of God, (A)who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?” 3 Then she said, “Here is my servant (B)Bilhah; go in to her, so that she may give birth (C)on my behalf,[a] that even I may have children[b] through her.” 4 So she gave him her servant Bilhah as a wife, and Jacob went in to her.
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- Genesis 30:3 Hebrew on my knees
- Genesis 30:3 Hebrew be built up, which sounds like the Hebrew for children
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 And Isaac prayed to the Lord for his wife, because she was barren. And (A)the Lord granted his prayer, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
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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 (A)had closed all the wombs of the house of Abimelech because of Sarah, Abraham's wife.
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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 18:10
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Genesis 18:10
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10 The Lord said, “I will surely return to you (A)about this time next year, and (B)Sarah your wife shall have a son.” And Sarah was listening at the tent door behind him.
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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 17:16
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Genesis 17:16
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16 I will bless her, and moreover, I will (A)give[a] you a son by her. I will bless her, and (B)she shall become nations; kings of peoples shall come from her.”
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- Genesis 17:16 Hebrew have given
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 3:17
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Genesis 3:17
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17 And to Adam he said,
“Because you have listened to the voice of your wife
and have eaten of the tree
(A)of which I commanded you,
‘You shall not eat of it,’
(B)cursed is the ground because of you;
(C)in pain you shall eat of it all the days of your life;
Genesis 3:17
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Genesis 3:17
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Genesis 3:12
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Genesis 3:12
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12 The man said, (A)“The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me fruit of the tree, and I ate.”
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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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