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16 To the woman he said,

“I will make your pangs in childbirth exceedingly great;
    in pain you shall bring forth children,
yet your desire shall be for your husband,
    and he shall rule over you.”(A)

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11 Let a woman[a] learn in silence with full submission.

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  1. 2.11 Or wife

12 I do not permit a woman[a] to teach or to have authority over a man;[b] she is to keep silent.

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  1. 2.12 Or wife
  2. 2.12 Or her husband

Wives and Husbands

Wives, in the same way, be subject to your husbands, so that, even if some of them do not obey the word, they may be won over without a word by their wives’ conduct,(A)

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