Sarai said to Abram, ‘Since the Lord has prevented me from bearing children, go to my slave; perhaps through her I can build a family.’ And Abram agreed to what Sarai said.
Genesis 19:31 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Then the firstborn said to the younger, ‘Our father is old, and there is no man in the land to sleep with us as is the custom of all the land. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The elder said to the younger, Our father is aging, and there is not a man on earth to live with us in the customary way. American Standard Version (1901) And the first-born said unto the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth: Common English Bible The older daughter said to the younger, “Our father is old, and there are no men in the land to sleep with us as is the custom everywhere. Catholic Public Domain Version And the elder said to the younger: "Our father is old, and no man remains in the land who can enter to us according to the custom of the whole world. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the elder said to the younger: Our father is old, and there is no man left on the earth, to come in unto us after the manner of the whole earth. |
Sarai said to Abram, ‘Since the Lord has prevented me from bearing children, go to my slave; perhaps through her I can build a family.’ And Abram agreed to what Sarai said.
He slept with Hagar, and she became pregnant. When she saw that she was pregnant, her mistress became contemptible to her.
He looked down towards Sodom and Gomorrah and all the land of the plain, and he saw that smoke was going up from the land like the smoke of a furnace.
The man was intimate with his wife Eve, and she conceived and gave birth to Cain. She said, ‘I have had a male child with the Lord’s help.’
The Nephilim were on the earth both in those days and afterwards, when the sons of God came to the daughters of mankind, who bore children to them. They were the powerful men of old, the famous men.
On that day seven women will seize one man, saying, ‘We will eat our own bread and provide our own clothing. Just let us bear your name. Take away our disgrace.’
‘When brothers live on the same property and one of them dies without a son, the wife of the dead man may not marry a stranger outside the family. Her brother-in-law is to take her as his wife, have sexual relations with her, and perform the duty of a brother-in-law for her.