Judges 11:2
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“And Gilead’s wife bore him sons who grew up, drove Jephthah out, and said to him, “You shall have no inheritance in our father’s house, because you are the son of another woman.””
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“And Gilead’s wife bore him sons who grew up, drove Jephthah out, and said to him, “You shall have no inheritance in our father’s house, because you are the son of another woman.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And Gilead’s wife bare him sons; and his wife’s sons grew up, and they thrust out Jephthah, and said unto him, Thou shalt not inherit in our father’s house; for thou art the son of a strange woman.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And Gilead’s wife bare him sons; and when his wife’s sons grew up, they drove out Jephthah, and said unto him, Thou shalt not inherit in our father’s house; for thou art the son of another woman.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and the wife of Gilead beareth to him sons, and the wife's sons grow up and cast out Jephthah, and say to him, `Thou dost not inherit in the house of our father; for son of another woman <FI>art<Fi> thou.'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Judges 11:2 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 12:10Now there was a famine in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine was severe.
- Genesis 21:10and she said to Abraham, “Expel the slave woman and her son, for the slave woman’s son will never share in the inheritance with my son Isaac!”
- Deuteronomy 23:2No one of illegitimate birth may enter the assembly of the LORD, nor may any of his descendants, even to the tenth generation.
- Proverbs 2:16It will rescue you from the forbidden woman, from the stranger with seductive words
- Proverbs 5:3Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey and her speech is smoother than oil,
- Proverbs 5:20Why be captivated, my son, by an adulteress, or embrace the bosom of a stranger?
- Proverbs 6:24to keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the adulteress.
- Galatians 4:30But what does the Scripture say? “Expel the slave woman and her son, for the slave woman’s son will never share in the inheritance with the free woman’s son.”
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