Genesis 16:3
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3 So, after Abram (A)had lived ten years in the land of Canaan, Sarai, Abram's wife, took Hagar the Egyptian, her servant, and gave her to Abram her husband as a wife.
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Genesis 16:3
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3 So after Abram had been living in Canaan(A) ten years,(B) Sarai his wife took her Egyptian slave Hagar and gave her to her husband to be his wife.
Genesis 16:5
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5 And Sarai said to Abram, “May the wrong done to me be on you! I gave my servant to your embrace, and when she saw that she had conceived, she looked on me with contempt. May (A)the Lord judge between you and me!”
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Genesis 16:5
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5 Then Sarai said to Abram, “You are responsible for the wrong I am suffering. I put my slave in your arms, and now that she knows she is pregnant, she despises me. May the Lord judge between you and me.”(A)
Genesis 12:4-5
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4 So Abram went, as the Lord had told him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from (A)Haran. 5 And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their possessions that they had gathered, and the people that they had acquired in Haran, and they set out to go to the land of Canaan. When they came to the land of Canaan,
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Genesis 12:4-5
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4 So Abram went, as the Lord had told him; and Lot(A) went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old(B) when he set out from Harran.(C) 5 He took his wife Sarai,(D) his nephew Lot, all the possessions they had accumulated(E) and the people(F) they had acquired in Harran, and they set out for the land of Canaan,(G) and they arrived there.
Galatians 4:25
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25 Now Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia;[a] she corresponds to the present Jerusalem, for she is in slavery with her children.
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- Galatians 4:25 Some manuscripts For Sinai is a mountain in Arabia
Galatians 4:25
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25 Now Hagar stands for Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present city of Jerusalem, because she is in slavery with her children.
1 Kings 11:3
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3 He had 700 wives, who were princesses, and 300 concubines. And his wives turned away his heart.
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1 Kings 11:3
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3 He had seven hundred wives of royal birth and three hundred concubines,(A) and his wives led him astray.(B)
2 Samuel 5:13
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13 And David took more (A)concubines and wives from Jerusalem, after he came from Hebron, and more sons and daughters were born to David.
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2 Samuel 5:13
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13 After he left Hebron, David took more concubines and wives(A) in Jerusalem, and more sons and daughters were born to him.
Judges 19:1-4
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A Levite and His Concubine
19 In those days, (A)when there was no king in Israel, a certain Levite was sojourning in the remote parts of (B)the hill country of Ephraim, who took to himself a concubine from (C)Bethlehem in Judah. 2 And his concubine was unfaithful to[a] him, and she went away from him to her father's house at Bethlehem in Judah, and was there some four months. 3 Then her husband arose and went after her, to speak kindly to her and bring her back. He had with him his servant and a couple of donkeys. And she brought him into her father's house. And when the girl's father saw him, he came with joy to meet him. 4 And his father-in-law, the girl's father, made him stay, and he remained with him three days. So they ate and drank and spent the night there.
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- Judges 19:2 Septuagint, Old Latin became angry with
Judges 19:1-4
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A Levite and His Concubine
19 In those days Israel had no king.
Now a Levite who lived in a remote area in the hill country of Ephraim(A) took a concubine from Bethlehem in Judah.(B) 2 But she was unfaithful to him. She left him and went back to her parents’ home in Bethlehem, Judah. After she had been there four months, 3 her husband went to her to persuade her to return. He had with him his servant and two donkeys. She took him into her parents’ home, and when her father saw him, he gladly welcomed him. 4 His father-in-law, the woman’s father, prevailed on him to stay; so he remained with him three days, eating and drinking,(C) and sleeping there.
Genesis 35:22
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22 While Israel lived in that land, Reuben went and (A)lay with Bilhah his father's concubine. And Israel heard of it.
Now the sons of Jacob were twelve.
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Genesis 35:22
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22 While Israel was living in that region, Reuben went in and slept with his father’s concubine(A) Bilhah,(B) and Israel heard of it.
Jacob had twelve sons:
Genesis 32:22
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Jacob Wrestles with God
22 The same night he arose and took his two wives, his two female servants, and his eleven children,[a] and crossed the ford of the (A)Jabbok.
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- Genesis 32:22 Or sons
Genesis 32:22
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Jacob Wrestles With God
22 That night Jacob got up and took his two wives, his two female servants and his eleven sons(A) and crossed the ford of the Jabbok.(B)
Genesis 30:9
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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.
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Genesis 30:9
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9 When Leah(A) saw that she had stopped having children,(B) she took her servant Zilpah(C) and gave her to Jacob as a wife.(D)
Genesis 30:4
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4 So she gave him her servant Bilhah as a wife, and Jacob went in to her.
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Genesis 30:4
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Genesis 28:9
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9 Esau went to Ishmael and took as his wife, besides the wives he had, (A)Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael, Abraham's son, the sister of (B)Nebaioth.
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Genesis 28:9
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9 so he went to Ishmael(A) and married Mahalath, the sister of Nebaioth(B) and daughter of Ishmael son of Abraham, in addition to the wives he already had.(C)
Genesis 25:6
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6 But to the sons of his concubines Abraham gave gifts, and while he was still living he (A)sent them away from his son Isaac, eastward (B)to the east country.
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Genesis 25:6
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6 But while he was still living, he gave gifts to the sons of his concubines(A) and sent them away from his son Isaac(B) to the land of the east.(C)
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