Genesis 16:3
And Sarai Abram’s wife took Hagar her maid the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife.
KJV
tulit Agar ægyptiam ancillam suam post annos decem quam habitare cœperant in terra Chanaan : et dedit eam viro suo uxorem.
Vulgate
καὶ λαβοῦσα Σάρα ἡ γυνὴ Ἀβρὰμ Ἁγὰρ τὴν Αἰγυπτίαν τὴν ἑαυτῆς παιδίσκην, μετὰ δέκα ἔτη τοῦ οἰκῆσαι Ἀβρὰμ ἐν γῇ Χανάαν, καὶ ἔδωκεν αὐτὴν τῷ Ἀβρὰμ ἀνδρὶ αὐτῆς αὐτῷ γυναῖκα.
LXX
And Sarai, Abram’s wife, took Hagar the Egyptian, her handmaid, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to Abram her husband to be his wife.
ASV
וַ/תִּקַּ֞ח שָׂרַ֣י אֵֽשֶׁת אַבְרָ֗ם אֶת הָגָ֤ר הַ/מִּצְרִית֙ שִׁפְחָתָ֔/הּ מִ/קֵּץ֙ עֶ֣שֶׂר שָׁנִ֔ים לְ/שֶׁ֥בֶת אַבְרָ֖ם בְּ/אֶ֣רֶץ כְּנָ֑עַן וַ/תִּתֵּ֥ן אֹתָ֛/הּ לְ/אַבְרָ֥ם אִישָׁ֖/הּ ל֥/וֹ לְ/אִשָּֽׁה
Hebrew
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16 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Chapter 34.—What is Meant by Abraham’s Marrying Keturah After Sarah’s Death. What did Abraham mean by marrying Keturah after Sarah’s death? Far be it from us to suspect him of incontinence, especially when he had reached such an age and such sanctity of faith. Or was he still seeking to beget children, though he held fast, with most approved faith, the promise of God that his c…
Cross-references
- 2Sam 5:13 — And David took him more concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after he was come from Hebron: and there were yet sons and daughters born to David.
- Gal 4:24 — Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar.
- Gen 12:4 — So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.
- Gen 16:5 — And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be upon thee: I have given my maid into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes: the LORD judge between me and thee.
- Gen 30:4 — And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto her.
- Gen 30:9 — When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife.