Genesis 16:2
16:2 So Sarai said to Abram, “Since
the
Lord has prevented me from having children, have sexual relations with
my servant. Perhaps I can have a family by her.”
Abram did what
Sarai told him.
Genesis 21:17
21:17 But God heard the boy’s voice. The angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and asked her, “What is the matter, Hagar? Don’t be afraid, for God has heard the boy’s voice right where he is crying.
Genesis 23:16
23:16 So Abraham agreed to Ephron’s price and weighed out for him the price that Ephron had quoted in the hearing of the sons of Heth – 400 pieces of silver, according to the standard measurement at the time.
Genesis 31:1
Jacob’s Flight from Laban
31:1 Jacob heard that Laban’s sons were complaining, “Jacob has taken everything that belonged to our father! He has gotten rich at our father’s expense!”
Genesis 35:22
35:22 While Israel was living in that land, Reuben had sexual relations with
Bilhah, his father’s concubine, and Israel heard about it.
Jacob had twelve sons: