She also said, ‘Who would have told Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne a son for him in his old age.’
1 Kings 11:20 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Tahpenes’s sister gave birth to Hadad’s son Genubath. Tahpenes herself weaned him in Pharaoh’s palace, and Genubath lived there along with Pharaoh’s sons. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the sister of Tahpenes bare him Genubath his son, whom Tahpenes weaned in Pharaoh's house: and Genubath was in Pharaoh's household among the sons of Pharaoh. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The sister of Tahpenes bore Hadad Genubath his son, whom Tahpenes weaned in Pharaoh's house; and Genubath was in Pharaoh's household among the sons of Pharaoh. American Standard Version (1901) And the sister of Tahpenes bare him Genubath his son, whom Tahpenes weaned in Pharaoh’s house; and Genubath was in Pharaoh’s house among the sons of Pharaoh. Common English Bible This sister of Tahpenes bore Hadad a son, Genubath. Tahpenes weaned him in Pharaoh’s house. So it was that Genubath was raised in Pharaoh’s house, among Pharaoh’s children. Catholic Public Domain Version And the sister of Tahpenes bore to him a son, Genubath. And Tahpenes raised him in the house of Pharaoh. And Genubath was living with Pharaoh and his sons. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the sister of Taphnes bore him his son Genubath: and Taphnes brought him up in the house of Pharao. And Genubath dwelt with Pharao among his children. |
She also said, ‘Who would have told Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne a son for him in his old age.’
Pharaoh liked Hadad so much that he gave him a wife, the sister of his own wife, Queen Tahpenes.
When Hadad heard in Egypt that David rested with his ancestors and that Joab, the commander of the army, was dead, Hadad said to Pharaoh, ‘Let me leave, so I may go to my own country.’
When she had weaned him, she took him with her to Shiloh, as well as a three-year-old bull, twenty-two litres of flour, and a clay jar of wine. Though the boy was still young, she took him to the Lord’s house at Shiloh.