Genesis 16:2
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2 (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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- Genesis 16:2 Lit. be built up from
Genesis 16:2
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2 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.
Genesis 16:4
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4 So he went in to Hagar, and she conceived. And when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress became (A)despised in her [a]eyes.
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Genesis 16:4
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4 He slept with Hagar,(A) and she conceived.
When she knew she was pregnant, she began to despise her mistress.(B)
Genesis 38:8
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8 And Judah said to Onan, “Go in to (A)your brother’s wife and marry her, and raise up an heir to your brother.”
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Genesis 38:8
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8 Then Judah said to Onan, “Sleep with your brother’s wife and fulfill your duty to her as a brother-in-law to raise up offspring for your brother.”(A)
Genesis 38:9
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9 But Onan knew that the heir would not be (A)his; and it came to pass, when he went in to his brother’s wife, that he emitted on the ground, lest he should give an heir to his brother.
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Genesis 38:9
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9 But Onan knew that the child would not be his; so whenever he slept with his brother’s wife, he spilled his semen on the ground to keep from providing offspring for his brother.
Deuteronomy 25:5
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Marriage Duty of the Surviving Brother
5 (A)“If brothers dwell together, and one of them dies and has no son, the widow of the dead man shall not be married to a stranger outside the family; her husband’s brother shall go in to her, take her as his wife, and perform the duty of a husband’s brother to her.
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Deuteronomy 25:5
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5 If brothers are living together and one of them dies without a son, his widow must not marry outside the family. Her husband’s brother shall take her and marry her and fulfill the duty of a brother-in-law to her.(A)
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