So he went up and told his father and mother, saying, “I have seen a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines; now therefore, (A)get her for me as a wife.”

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When he returned, he said to his father and mother, “I have seen a Philistine woman in Timnah; now get her for me as my wife.”(A)

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So Shechem (A)spoke to his father Hamor, saying, “Get me this young woman as a wife.”

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And Shechem said to his father Hamor, “Get me this girl as my wife.”(A)

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21 He dwelt in the Wilderness of Paran; and his mother (A)took a wife for him from the land of Egypt.

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21 While he was living in the Desert of Paran,(A) his mother got a wife for him(B) from Egypt.

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And Jehoash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, (A)“The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the (B)cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, ‘Give your daughter to my son as wife’; and a wild beast that was in Lebanon passed by and trampled the thistle.

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But Jehoash king of Israel replied to Amaziah king of Judah: “A thistle(A) in Lebanon sent a message to a cedar in Lebanon, ‘Give your daughter to my son in marriage.’ Then a wild beast in Lebanon came along and trampled the thistle underfoot.

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Then Judah (A)took a wife for Er his firstborn, and her name was (B)Tamar.

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Judah got a wife for Er, his firstborn, and her name was Tamar.(A)

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So Abraham said (A)to the oldest servant of his house, who (B)ruled over all that he had, “Please, (C)put your hand under my thigh, and I will make you (D)swear[a] by the Lord, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that (E)you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell;

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 24:3 take an oath

He said to the senior servant(A) in his household, the one in charge of all that he had,(B) “Put your hand under my thigh.(C) I want you to swear(D) by the Lord, the God of heaven(E) and the God of earth,(F) that you will not get a wife for my son(G) from the daughters of the Canaanites,(H) among whom I am living,(I)

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