Genesis 16:2
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
2 Sarai said to Abram: “The Lord has kept me from bearing children. Have intercourse with my maid; perhaps I will have sons through her.” Abram obeyed Sarai.[a](A)
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- 16:2 The custom of an infertile wife providing her husband with a concubine to produce children is widely attested in ancient Near Eastern law; e.g., an Old Assyrian marriage contract states that the wife must provide her husband with a concubine if she does not bear children within two years.
Genesis 16:2
New International Version
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 16:2
King James Version
2 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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Galatians 4:22
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
22 For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and the other by the freeborn woman.(A)
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Galatians 4:22
New International Version
22 For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman(A) and the other by the free woman.(B)
Galatians 4:22
King James Version
22 For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman.
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