And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh.

when they were come, they said to him, master, we know that you are sincere, that you are not influenced by any one, for you have no regard to the person of men: but teach us the way of God according to truth. now should we pay tribute to Cesar, or no? shall we pay, or shall we not pay?

There were seven brothers: and the first took a wife, and at his death there were no offspring;

And the second took her, and at his death there were no offspring; and the third the same:

And if the Lord had not kept those days as short as they were, no one would have been saved [i.e., from the devastating destruction]. But for the sake of the elect [i.e., God's people], whom He chose, He kept those days short.