Judges 8:30

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Judges 8:28–32 · Berean Standard Bible

28 In this way Midian was subdued before the Israelites and did not raise its head again. So the land had rest for forty years in the days of Gideon,

29 and he—Jerubbaal son of Joash—returned home and settled down.

30 Gideon had seventy sons of his own, since he had many wives.

31 His concubine, who dwelt in Shechem, also bore him a son, and he named him Abimelech.

32 Later, Gideon son of Joash died at a ripe old age and was buried in the tomb of his father Joash in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

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Judges 9:2

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Judges 10:4

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Judges 12:9

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Judges 12:14

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Genesis 46:26

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Exodus 1:5

The descendants of Jacob numbered seventy in all, including Joseph, who was already in Egypt.

2 Kings 10:1

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Genesis 2:24

For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.

Genesis 7:7

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Deuteronomy 17:17

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2 Samuel 3:2

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2 Samuel 3:3

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2 Samuel 3:4

his fourth was Adonijah, the son of Haggith; his fifth was Shephatiah, the son of Abital;

2 Samuel 3:5

and his sixth was Ithream, by David’s wife Eglah. These sons were born to David in Hebron.

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2 Samuel 5:14

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2 Samuel 5:15

Ibhar, Elishua, Nepheg, Japhia,

2 Samuel 5:16

Elishama, Eliada, and Eliphelet.

1 Kings 11:3

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and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’?

Matthew 19:6

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Matthew 19:7

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Matthew 19:8

Jesus replied, “Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because of your hardness of heart; but it was not this way from the beginning.

Ephesians 5:31

“For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.”

Ephesians 5:32

This mystery is profound, but I am speaking about Christ and the church.

Ephesians 5:33

Nevertheless, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.