Judges 8:30

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And he had seventy sons, who went forth from his own thigh. For he had many wives.

Cross References

Genesis 2:24

For this reason, a man shall leave behind his father and mother, and he shall cling to his wife; and the two shall be as one flesh.

Genesis 46:26

All the souls who went into Egypt with Jacob and who went out from his thigh, besides the wives of his sons, were sixty-six.

Genesis 7:7

And Noah entered into the ark, and his sons, his wife, and the wives of his sons with him, because of the waters of the great flood.

1 Kings 11:3

And for him, there were seven hundred wives, as if they were queens, and three hundred concubines. And the women turned aside his heart.

2 Kings 10:1

Now Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. And so Jehu wrote letters, and he sent to Samaria, to the nobles of the city, and to those greater by birth, and to those who had raised Ahab's sons, saying:

Exodus 1:5

Therefore, all the souls of those who went forth from Jacob's thigh were seventy. Now Joseph was in Egypt.

Malachi 2:15

Did not One make her, and is she not the remainder of his spirit? And what does one seek, except offspring of God? So then, preserve your spirit, and do not despise the wife of your youth.

Deuteronomy 17:17

He shall not have many wives, who might allure his mind, and he shall not have immense weights of silver and gold.

Judges 10:4

having thirty sons sitting upon thirty young donkeys, and who were leaders of thirty cities, which from his name were called Havvoth Jair, that is, the towns of Jair, even to the present day, in the land of Gilead.

Judges 12:14

And he had forty sons, and from them thirty grandsons, all riding upon seventy young donkeys. And he judged Israel for eight years.

Judges 12:9

He had thirty sons, and the same number of daughters, whom he sent away to be given to husbands. And he accepted wives for his sons of the same number, bringing them into his house. And he judged Israel for seven years.

Judges 8:31

But his concubine, whom he had in Shechem, bore him a son named Abimelech.

Judges 9:1

Now Abimelech, the son of Jerubbaal, went to Shechem, to his maternal brothers, and he spoke to them, and to all the relatives of the house of his maternal grandfather, saying:

Judges 9:18

though you now have risen up against my father's house, and have killed his sons, seventy men, upon one stone, and have appointed Abimelech, the son of his handmaid, as a king over the inhabitants of Shechem, since he is your brother,

Judges 9:2

"Speak to all the men of Shechem: Which is better for you: that seventy men, all the sons of Jerubbaal, should rule over you, or that one man should rule over you? And consider also that I am your bone and your flesh."

Judges 9:5

And he went to his father's house in Ophrah, and he killed his brothers, the sons of Jerubbaal, seventy men, upon one stone. And there remained only Joatham, the youngest son of Jerubbaal, and he was in hiding.