Genesis 16:3

Geneva Bible (1560)

Then Sarai Abrams wife tooke Hagar her maide the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelled ten yeere in the land of Canaan, and gaue her to her husband Abram for his wife.

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  • Gen 12:4-5 : 4 So Abram departed, euen as ye Lorde spake vnto him, and Lot went with him. (And Abram was seuentie and fiue yeere olde, when he departed out of Haran) 5 Then Abram tooke Sarai his wife, & Lot his brothers sonne, and all their substance that they possessed, and the soules that they had gotten in Haran, & they departed, to goe to the land of Canaan: & to the land of Canaan they came.
  • Gen 16:5 : 5 Then Sarai saide to Abram, Thou doest me wrong. I haue giuen my maide into thy bosome, and she seeth that she hath conceiued, and I am despised in her eyes: the Lorde iudge betweene me and thee.
  • Gen 25:6 : 6 But vnto the sonnes of the concubines, which Abraham had, Abraham gaue giftes, and sent them away from Izhak his sonne (while he yet liued) Eastward to the East countrey.
  • Gen 28:9 : 9 Then went Esau to Ishmael, & tooke vnto the wiues, which he had, Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abrahams sonne, the sister of Nabaioth, to be his wife.
  • Gen 30:4 : 4 Then shee gaue him Bilhah her mayde to wife, and Iaakob went in to her.
  • Gen 30:9 : 9 And when Leah saw that she had left bearing, shee tooke Zilpah her mayde, and gaue her Iaakob to wife.
  • Gen 32:22 : 22 And he rose vp the same night, and tooke his two wiues, and his two maides, and his eleuen children, and went ouer the forde Iabbok.
  • Gen 35:22 : 22 Now, when Israel dwelt in that land, Reuben went, and lay with Bilhah his fathers concubine, and it came to Israels eare; Iaakob had twelue sonnes.
  • Judg 19:1-4 : 1 Also in those dayes, when there was no king in Israel, a certaine Leuite dwelt on the side of mount Ephraim, and tooke to wife a concubine out of Beth-lehem Iudah, 2 And his concubine played ye whore there, and went away from him vnto her fathers house to Beth-lehem Iudah, and there continued the space of foure moneths. 3 And her husband arose and went after her, to speake friendly vnto her, and to bring her againe: he had also his seruant with him, and a couple of asses: and she brought him vnto her fathers house, and when the yong womans father sawe him, he reioyced of his coming. 4 And his father in lawe, the yong womans father reteined him: & he abode with him three dayes: so they did eate & drinke, & lodged there.
  • 2 Sam 5:13 : 13 And Dauid tooke him mo concubines & wiues out of Ierusalem, after hee was come from Hebron, & mo sonnes and daughters were borne to Dauid.
  • 1 Kgs 11:3 : 3 And he had seuen hundreth wiues, that were princesses, and three hundreth concubines, and his wiues turned away his heart.
  • Gal 4:25 : 25 (For Agar or Sina is a mountaine in Arabia, and it answereth to Hierusalem which nowe is) and she is in bondage with her children.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 16:1-2
    2 verses
    90%

    1Nowe Sarai Abrams wife bare him no children, and she had a maide an Egyptian, Hagar by name.

    2And Sarai said vnto Abram, Beholde now, the Lorde hath restrained me from childe bearing. I pray thee goe in vnto my maide: it may be that I shall receiue a childe by her; Abram obeyed the voyce of Sarai.

  • Gen 16:4-9
    6 verses
    83%

    4And he went in vnto Hagar, & she conceiued; when she sawe that she had conceiued, her dame was despised in her eyes.

    5Then Sarai saide to Abram, Thou doest me wrong. I haue giuen my maide into thy bosome, and she seeth that she hath conceiued, and I am despised in her eyes: the Lorde iudge betweene me and thee.

    6Then Abram saide to Sarai, Beholde, thy maide is in thine hand: doe with her as it pleaseth thee. Then Sarai dealt roughly with her: wherefore she fled from her.

    7But the Angel of the Lord founde her beside a fountaine of water in the wildernesse by the fountaine in the way to Shur,

    8And he saide, Hagar Sarais maide, whence commest thou? and whither wilt thou goe? And she said, I flie from my dame Sarai.

    9Then the Angel of the Lorde saide to her, Returne to thy dame, and humble thy selfe vnder her hands.

  • Gen 16:15-16
    2 verses
    77%

    15And Hagar bare Abram a sonne, and Abram called his sonnes name, which Hagar bare, Ishmael.

    16And Abram was foure score and sixe yeere olde, when Hagar bare him Ishmael.

  • Gen 25:12
    74%

    12Nowe these are the generations of Ishmael Abrahams sonne, whome Hagar the Egyptian Sarahs handmayde bare vnto Abraham.

  • Gen 12:16-20
    5 verses
    74%

    16Who intreated Abram well for her sake, and he had sheepe, and beeues, and hee asses, and men seruants and maide seruants, and shee asses, and camelles.

    17But the Lorde plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues, because of Sarai Abrams wife.

    18Then Pharaoh called Abram, and saide, Why hast thou done this vnto me? Wherefore diddest thou not tell me, that she was thy wife?

    19Why saidest thou, She is my sister, that I should take her to be my wife? Nowe therefore beholde thy wife, take her and goe thy way.

    20And Pharaoh gaue men commaundement concerning him: and they conueyed him forth, and his wife, and all that he had.

  • Gen 20:2
    73%

    2And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister. Then Abimelech King of Gerar sent and tooke Sarah.

  • Gen 11:29-31
    3 verses
    73%

    29So Abram and Nahor tooke them wiues. The name of Abrams wife was Sarai, & the name of Nahors wife Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah.

    30But Sarai was barren, and had no childe.

    31Then Terah tooke Abram his sonne, and Lot the sonne of Haran, his sonnes sonne, and Sarai his daughter in lawe, his sonne Abrams wife: and they departed together from Vr of the Caldees, to goe into the land of Canaan, and they came to Haran, and dwelt there.

  • Gen 21:21
    73%

    21And he dwelt in the wildernesse of Paran, and his mother tooke him a wife out of the land of Egypt.

  • Gen 17:15
    73%

    15Afterward God said vnto Abraham, Sarai thy wife shalt thou not call Sarai, but Sarah shalbe her name.

  • Gen 12:11
    72%

    11And when he drewe neere to enter into Egypt, he said to Sarai his wife, Beholde nowe, I know that thou art a faire woman to looke vpo:

  • Gen 24:36
    72%

    36And Sarah my masters wife hath borne a sonne to my master, when she was olde, and vnto him hath he giuen all that he hath.

  • Gen 21:9-10
    2 verses
    72%

    9And Sarah sawe the sonne of Hagar the Egyptian (which she had borne vnto Abraham) mocking.

    10Wherefore she saide vnto Abraham, Cast out this bond woman and her sonne: for ye sonne of this bonde woman shall not be heire with my sonne Izhak.

  • Gen 12:14
    72%

    14Nowe when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians behelde the woman: for she was very faire.

  • Gen 12:5
    72%

    5Then Abram tooke Sarai his wife, & Lot his brothers sonne, and all their substance that they possessed, and the soules that they had gotten in Haran, & they departed, to goe to the land of Canaan: & to the land of Canaan they came.

  • Gen 21:14
    70%

    14So Abraham arose vp early in ye morning, and tooke bread, and a bottell of water, and gaue it vnto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the childe also, and sent her away: who departing wandred in the wildernesse of Beer-sheba.