Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Childlessness » A reproach
Then said Lea, "Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed." And called his name Asher.
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Then shall seven wives take hold of one man, and say, "We will lay all our meat and clothing together in common, only that we may be called thy wives, and that this shameful reproof may be taken from us."
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"This wise hath God dealt with me, in the days when he looked on me, to take from me the rebuke that I suffered among men."
Wherefore she said unto Abram, "Behold the LORD hath closed me, that I can not bear. I pray thee go in unto my maid, peradventure I shall be multiplied by means of her." And Abram heard the voice of Sarai.
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And Lea conceived and bare a son, and called his name Reuben, for she said, "The LORD hath looked upon my tribulation. And now my husband will love me."
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When Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, she envied her sister and said unto Jacob, "Give me children, or else I am but dead." Then was Jacob wroth with Rachel saying, "Am I in God's stead which keepeth from thee the fruit of thy womb?" Then she said, "Here is my maid, Bilhah: go in unto her, that she may bear upon my lap, that I may be increased by her."
And thereto her enemy Peninnah vexed her a good in casting her in the teeth how the LORD had made her barren.
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Ishmael » The outcast, life summarized » Born of a bigamous marriage, with a foreigner
And Hagar bare Abram a son, and Abram called his son's name which Hagar bare, Ishmael.
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Wherefore she said unto Abram, "Behold the LORD hath closed me, that I can not bear. I pray thee go in unto my maid, peradventure I shall be multiplied by means of her." And Abram heard the voice of Sarai. Then Sarai, Abram's wife, took Hagar her maid the Egyptian - after Abram had dwelled ten years in the land of Canaan - and gave her to her husband Abram, to be his wife. And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived. And when she saw that she had conceived her mistress was despised in her sight.
Responsibility » Attempts to shift » Sarah
Wherefore she said unto Abram, "Behold the LORD hath closed me, that I can not bear. I pray thee go in unto my maid, peradventure I shall be multiplied by means of her." And Abram heard the voice of Sarai.
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Then said Sarai unto Abram, "Thou dost me unright, for I have given my maid into thy bosom: and now because she seeth that she hath conceived, I am despised in her sight: the LORD judge between thee and me."
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Sarah » Also called sarai » Is sterile; gives her handmaiden, hagar, to abraham as a concubine
Sarai, Abram's wife, bare him no children. But she had a handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar. Wherefore she said unto Abram, "Behold the LORD hath closed me, that I can not bear. I pray thee go in unto my maid, peradventure I shall be multiplied by means of her." And Abram heard the voice of Sarai. Then Sarai, Abram's wife, took Hagar her maid the Egyptian - after Abram had dwelled ten years in the land of Canaan - and gave her to her husband Abram, to be his wife.
Servant » Bond » Taken in concubinage
Then said Abram to Sarai, "Behold, thy maid is in thy hand, do with her as it pleaseth thee." And because Sarai fared foul with her, she fled from her.
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Sarai, Abram's wife, bare him no children. But she had a handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar. Wherefore she said unto Abram, "Behold the LORD hath closed me, that I can not bear. I pray thee go in unto my maid, peradventure I shall be multiplied by means of her." And Abram heard the voice of Sarai.
Then she said, "Here is my maid, Bilhah: go in unto her, that she may bear upon my lap, that I may be increased by her."
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When Lea saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife.
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