Jacob loved Rachel, so he said, “I will serve you seven years for your younger daughter Rachel.”
2 Samuel 13:1 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Some time passed. David’s son Absalom had a beautiful sister whose name was Tamar, and David’s son Amnon fell in love with her. Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And it came to pass after this, that Absalom the son of David had a fair sister, whose name was Tamar; and Amnon the son of David loved her. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition ABSALOM SON of David had a fair sister whose name was Tamar, and Amnon [her half brother] son of David loved her. American Standard Version (1901) And it came to pass after this, that Absalom the son of David had a fair sister, whose name was Tamar; and Amnon the son of David loved her. Common English Bible Some time later, David’s son Amnon fell in love with Tamar the beautiful sister of Absalom, who was also David’s son. Catholic Public Domain Version Now after these things, it happened that Amnon, the son of David, was in love with the very beautiful sister of Absalom, the son of David, and she was called Tamar. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And it came to pass after this, that Amnon the son of David loved the sister of Absalom the son of David, who was very beautiful: and her name was Thamar. |
Jacob loved Rachel, so he said, “I will serve you seven years for your younger daughter Rachel.”
So Jacob served seven years for Rachel, and they seemed to him but a few days because of his love for her.
And his soul was drawn to Dinah daughter of Jacob; he loved the young woman and spoke tenderly to her.
the sons of God saw that they were fair, and they took wives for themselves of all that they chose.
It happened, late one afternoon when David rose from his couch and was walking about on the roof of the king’s house, that he saw from the roof a woman bathing; the woman was very beautiful.
Then Amnon was seized with a very great loathing for her; indeed, his loathing was even greater than the lust he had felt for her. Amnon said to her, “Get out!”
Amnon was so tormented that he made himself ill because of his sister Tamar, for she was a virgin, and it seemed impossible to Amnon to do anything to her.
There were born to Absalom three sons and one daughter whose name was Tamar; she was a beautiful woman.
King Solomon loved many foreign women along with the daughter of Pharaoh: Moabite, Ammonite, Edomite, Sidonian, and Hittite women,
the third Absalom, son of Maacah daughter of King Talmai of Geshur; the fourth Adonijah, son of Haggith;
All these were David’s sons, besides the sons of the concubines, and Tamar was their sister.
Charm is deceitful and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.
Do not desire her beauty in your heart, and do not let her capture you with her eyelashes,