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To the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children: and thy desire [shall be] to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.

There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of men, and they bore [children] to them: the same [became] mighty men, who [were] of old, men of renown.

To Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were [children] born.

The children of Shem; Elam, and Ashur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.

And the children of Aram; Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash.

And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men were building.

Now Sarai, Abram's wife, bore him no children: and she had a handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name [was] Hagar.

And Sarai said to Abram, Behold, now, the LORD hath restrained me from bearing: I pray thee go in to my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.

For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they will keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.

And the younger, she also bore a son, and called his name Ben-ammi: the same [is] the father of the children of Ammon to this day.

So Abraham prayed to God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maid-servants, and they bore [children].

And she said, Who would have said to Abraham, that Sarah shall nurse children? for I have borne him a son in his old age.

And it came to pass after these things, that it was told to Abraham, saying, Behold, Milcah, she hath also borne children to thy brother Nahor;

And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him,

And Abraham stood up and bowed himself to the people of the land, to the children of Heth.

And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth. And Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the audience of the children of Heth, of all that entered the gates of his city, saying,

To Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before all that entered the gate of his city.

And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abidah, and Eldaah. All these [were] the children of Keturah.

And the children struggled together within her: and she said, If [it is] so, why [am] I thus? And she went to inquire of the LORD.

And when Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said to Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.