Genesis 16:2
"And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the LORD hath restrained me from bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai."
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- Exodus 21:4
"If his master have given him a wife, and she have born him sons or daughters; the wife and her children shall be her master's, and he shall go out by himself."
Read in chapter → - Genesis 18:10
"And he said, I will certainly return unto thee according to the time of life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard it in the tent door, which was behind him."
Read in chapter → - Genesis 3:17
"And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;"
Read in chapter → - Genesis 3:1
"Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?"
Read in chapter → - Genesis 30:9
"When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife."
Read in chapter → - Genesis 25:21
"And Isaac intreated the LORD for his wife, because she was barren: and the LORD was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived."
Read in chapter → - Genesis 3:12
"And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat."
Read in chapter → - Genesis 30:22
"And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb."
Read in chapter → - Genesis 17:16
"And I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of people shall be of her."
Read in chapter → - Genesis 20:18
"For the LORD had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham's wife."
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