31 And his concubine (A)who was in Shechem also bore him a son, and he called his name Abimelech.

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18 and you have risen up against my father's house this day (A)and have killed his sons, seventy men on one stone, and have made (B)Abimelech, the son of his female servant, king over the leaders of Shechem, (C)because he is your relative—

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Abimelech's Conspiracy

Now Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem to (A)his mother's relatives and said to them and to the whole clan of his mother's family, “Say in the ears of all the leaders of Shechem, ‘Which is better for you, that all (B)seventy of the sons of Jerubbaal rule over you, or that one rule over you?’ Remember also that (C)I am (D)your bone and your flesh.”

And his mother's relatives spoke all these words on his behalf in the ears of all the leaders of Shechem, and their hearts inclined to follow Abimelech, for they said, (E)“He is our brother.” And they gave him seventy pieces of silver out of the house of (F)Baal-berith with which Abimelech hired (G)worthless and reckless fellows, who followed him. And he went to his father's house at (H)Ophrah (I)and killed his brothers the sons of Jerubbaal, seventy men, on one stone. But Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal was left, for he hid himself.

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24 Moreover, his concubine, whose name was Reumah, bore Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah.

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And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, (A)“She is my sister.” And Abimelech king of Gerar sent and took Sarah.

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15 And Hagar bore Abram a son, and Abram called the name of his son, whom Hagar bore, Ishmael.

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