(A)So Sarai said to Abram, “See now, the Lord (B)has restrained me from bearing children. Please, (C)go in to my maid; perhaps I shall [a]obtain children by her.” And Abram (D)heeded the voice of Sarai.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 16:2 Lit. be built up from

so she said to Abram, “The Lord has kept me from having children.(A) Go, sleep with my slave; perhaps I can build a family through her.”(B)

Abram agreed to what Sarai said.

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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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But to Hannah he would give a double portion, for he loved Hannah, (A)although the Lord had closed her womb.

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But to Hannah he gave a double portion(A) because he loved her, and the Lord had closed her womb.(B)

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But unto Hannah he gave a worthy portion; for he loved Hannah: but the Lord had shut up her womb.

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