Genesis 16:2
New King James Version
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 16:4
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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 sight
Genesis 38:8
New King James Version
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 38:9
New King James Version
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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Deuteronomy 25:5
New King James Version
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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