Quotes About Relationships

the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful, and they took as wives whomever they chose.

And after he had become the father of Nahor, Serug lived 200 years and had other sons and daughters.

And Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves. Abramís wife was named Sarai, and Nahorís wife was named Milcah; she was the daughter of Haran, who was the father of both Milcah and Iscah.

But the land was unable to support both of them while they stayed together, for they had so many possessions that they were unable to coexist.

So Abram said to Lot, “Please let there be no contention between you and me, or between your herdsmen and my herdsmen. After all, we are brothers.

And he slept with Hagar, and she conceived. But when Hagar realized that she was pregnant, she began to despise her mistress.

Then Sarai said to Abram, “May the wrong done to me be upon you! I delivered my servant into your arms, and ever since she saw that she was pregnant, she has treated me with contempt. May the LORD judge between you and me.”

“Here,” said Abram, “your servant is in your hands. Do whatever you want with her.” Then Sarai treated Hagar so harshly that she fled from her.

One day the older daughter said to the younger, “Our father is old, and there is no man in the land to sleep with us, as is the custom over all the earth.

Abraham said of his wife Sarah, “She is my sister.” So Abimelech king of Gerar had Sarah brought to him.

Didnít Abraham tell me, ëShe is my sisterí? And she herself said, ëHe is my brother.í I have done this in the integrity of my heart and the innocence of my hands.”

Abimelech also asked Abraham, “What prompted you to do such a thing?”

Besides, she really is my sister, the daughter of my father—though not the daughter of my mother—and she became my wife.

And Bethuel became the father of Rebekah. Milcah bore these eight sons to Abrahamís brother Nahor.

Moreover, Nahorís concubine, whose name was Reumah, bore Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah.

She replied, “I am the daughter of Bethuel, the son that Milcah bore to Nahor.”

Because Isaac had a taste for wild game, he loved Esau; but Rebekah loved Jacob.

But when the men of that place asked about his wife, he said, “She is my sister.” For he was afraid to say, “She is my wife,” since he thought to himself, “The men of this place will kill me on account of Rebekah, because she is so beautiful.”

When Isaac had been there a long time, Abimelech king of the Philistines looked down from the window and was surprised to see Isaac caressing his wife Rebekah.

“Why have you come to me?” Isaac asked them. “You hated me and sent me away.”

that you will not harm us, just as we have not harmed you but have done only good to you, sending you on your way in peace. And now you are blessed by the LORD.”

When Esau was forty years old, he took as his wives Judith daughter of Beeri the Hittite and Basemath daughter of Elon the Hittite.

And they brought grief to Isaac and Rebekah.

So Isaac sent Jacob to Paddan-aram, to Laban son of Bethuel the Aramean, the brother of Rebekah, who was the mother of Jacob and Esau.