Then the firstbornsaidto the younger,"Our fatheris old,and thereis not a manon earthto comein to us after the mannerof the earth.
So Saraisaidto Abram,"Nowbehold,the LORDhas preventedme from bearing[children]. Pleasegoin to my maid;perhapsI will obtainchildrenthroughher." And Abramlistenedto the voiceof Sarai.
He wentin to Hagar,and she conceived;and when she sawthat she had conceived,her mistresswas despisedin her sight.
and he lookeddowntowardSodomand Gomorrah,and towardallthe landof the valley,and he saw,and behold,the smokeof the landascendedlike the smokeof a furnace.
Now the manhadrelationswith his wifeEve,and she conceivedand gavebirthto Cain,and she said,"I have gottena manchildwith [the help of] the LORD."
The Nephilimwere on the earthin thosedays,and alsoafterward,whenthe sonsof Godcamein to the daughtersof men,and they bore[children] to them. Thosewere the mightymenwho[were] of old,menof renown.
For sevenwomenwill takeholdof onemanin that day,saying,"We will eatour own breadand wearour own clothes,onlylet us be calledby your name;takeawayour reproach!"
For he did not knowwhatto answer;for they becameterrified.
"Whenbrotherslivetogetherand oneof them diesand hasnoson,the wifeof the deceasedshall not be [married] outside[the family] to a strangeman.Her husband'sbrothershall goin to her and takeher to himself as wifeand performthe dutyof a husband'sbrotherto her.
