Genesis 16:2
New American Standard Bible
2 So Sarai said to Abram, “See now, the Lord has prevented me from bearing children. (A)Please have relations with my slave woman; perhaps I will [a]obtain children through her.” And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai.
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- Genesis 16:2 Lit be built from her
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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Genesis 16:4
New American Standard Bible
4 Then he had relations with Hagar, and she conceived; and when Hagar became aware that she had conceived, her mistress was insignificant in her sight.
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Genesis 16:4
New International Version
4 He slept with Hagar,(A) and she conceived.
When she knew she was pregnant, she began to despise her mistress.(B)
Genesis 16:4
King James Version
4 And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.
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Genesis 38:8
New American Standard Bible
8 Then Judah said to Onan, “(A)Have relations with your brother’s wife and perform your duty as a brother-in-law to her, and raise up a [a]child for your brother.”
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- Genesis 38:8 Lit seed
Genesis 38:8
New International Version
8 Then Judah said to Onan, “Sleep with your brother’s wife and fulfill your duty to her as a brother-in-law to raise up offspring for your brother.”(A)
Genesis 38:8
King James Version
8 And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother's wife, and marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother.
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Deuteronomy 25:5
New American Standard Bible
5 “When brothers live together, and one of them dies and has no son, the wife of the deceased shall not be married outside the family to a strange man. (A)Her husband’s brother shall have relations with her and take her to himself as his wife, and perform the duty of a husband’s brother to her.
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Deuteronomy 25:5
New International Version
5 If brothers are living together and one of them dies without a son, his widow must not marry outside the family. Her husband’s brother shall take her and marry her and fulfill the duty of a brother-in-law to her.(A)
Deuteronomy 25:5
King James Version
5 If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry without unto a stranger: her husband's brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the duty of an husband's brother unto her.
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