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Lexicon :: Strong's H802 - 'iššâ

Aa
אִשָּׁה
Transliteration
'iššâ
Pronunciation
ish-shaw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 137a

Strong’s Definitions

אִשָּׁה ʼishshâh, ish-shaw'; feminine of H376 or H582; irregular plural, נָשִׁים nâshîym;(used in the same wide sense as H582) a woman:—(adulter) ess, each, every, female, × many, none, one, together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 780x

The KJV translates Strong's H802 in the following manner: wife (425x), woman (324x), one (10x), married (5x), female (2x), miscellaneous (14x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 780x
The KJV translates Strong's H802 in the following manner: wife (425x), woman (324x), one (10x), married (5x), female (2x), miscellaneous (14x).

  1. woman, wife, female

    1. woman (opposite of man)

    2. wife (woman married to a man)

    3. female (of animals)

    4. each, every (pronoun)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אִשָּׁה ʼishshâh, ish-shaw'; feminine of H376 or H582; irregular plural, נָשִׁים nâshîym;(used in the same wide sense as H582) a woman:—(adulter) ess, each, every, female, × many, none, one, together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.
STRONGS H802: Abbreviations
אִשָּׁה 775 noun feminine woman, wife, female (Arabic bdb006102, Sabean אנתֿת etc. DHMZK 1884, 360, Aramaic אִתְּתָא, אִנְתְּתָא, אִתָּא, bdb006103, Palmyrene, Nabataean אנתתא, Ethiopic bdb006104 Phoenician אשת, Assyrian aššatu COTGloss) — א׳ absolute Genesis 2:33 +; construct אֵשֶׁת Genesis 11:29 + (apparently absolute Deuteronomy 21:11; 1 Samuel 28:7; Psalm 58:9 but compare Bö§ 728 Ges§ 130. 5); suffix אִשְׁתִּי Genesis 20:11 +; אִשְׁתְּךָ Genesis 12:18 + (אֶשְׁתְּךָ Psalm 128:3), etc.; Plural אִשֹּׁת Ezekiel 23:44 (Co לעשׂות); נָשִׁים Genesis 4:19 +; construct נְשֵׁי Genesis 4:23 +; suffix נָשַׁי Genesis 30:26; 1 Kings 20:7; נְשֵׁיכֶם Exodus 22:23 +, etc.; —
1. woman Genesis 3:1, 2; Genesis 12:11 +; opposed to man Genesis 2:22, 23; Exodus 35:29; Exodus 36:6; Deuteronomy 7:2, 5; Deuteronomy 22:22; 1 Samuel 21:5 +; א׳ emphatic a Genuine (or ideal) woman Ecclesiastes 7:28 (|| אדם); simile of men as feeble, timid Jeremiah 50:37; Jeremiah 51:30; note especially הַטַּף בַּנָּשִׁים the children among the women, female children Numbers 31:18 (P); as conceiving Exodus 2:2; Leviticus 12:2; 2 Samuel 11:5 +; travailing Jeremiah 13:21; bearing children Judges 13:24; 1 Kings 3:18; compare Job 14:1; Job 15:14; Job 25:4 +, etc.; suckling Isaiah 49:15; אֹרַח כַּנָּשִׁים Genesis 18:11; דֶּרֶח נָשִׁים Genesis 31:35; with adjective, or app., מֵינֶקֶת א׳ nursing woman, nurse Exodus 2:7; זוֺנָה א׳ harlot Joshua 2:1; Joshua 6:22; Judges 11:1; Judges 16:1; 1 Kings 3:16; Proverbs 6:26; Jeremiah 3:3; Ezekiel 16:30; Ezekiel 23:44; so זָרָה א׳ Proverbs 2:16; Proverbs 7:5; compare also Ezekiel 23:44 above; מְנָאָ֑פֶת א׳ adulteress Proverbs 30:20 (compare אֵשֶׁת אִישׁ Proverbs 6:26), אֵשֶׁת זְנוּנִים Hosea 1:2; נָשִׁים נָכְרִיּוֺת foreign women 1 Kings 11:1, 8; Ezra 10:2, 10, 11, 14, 17, 18, 44; Nehemiah 13:26, 27 (compare Nehemiah 13:23); חֲכָמָה א׳ wise woman, one known as clever, shrewd 2 Samuel 14:2; 2 Samuel 20:16, etc.; also מִּילֶגֶשׁ א׳ concubine Judges 19:1, 27: אַלְמָנָה א׳ widow 2 Samuel 14:5; 1 Kings 11:26; 1 Kings 17:9, 10; נְבִיאָה א׳ prophetess Judges 4:4; also construct before noun of quality אֵשֶׁת רָ֑ע Proverbs 6:24; בְּסִילוּת א׳ Proverbs 9:13; חֵן א׳ Proverbs 11:16; חַיִל א׳ Proverbs 12:4; Proverbs 31:10; Ruth 3:11; מִדְיָנִים א׳ Proverbs 21:9; Proverbs 25:24; Proverbs 27:15; וָכָ֑עַס מ׳ א׳ Proverbs 21:19.
2. Wife (woman belonging to a man, usually construct or suffix) Genesis 2:24, 25; Genesis 3:8, 17; Genesis 4:1, 17 + often; of one betrothed (ארשׂ) Deuteronomy 20:7; Deuteronomy 28:30; בַּעַל (הָ)אִשָּׁה Exodus 21:3, 22; אִישׁ הָאִשָּׁה Judges 20:4; לְאִשָּׁה to wife Genesis 2:22; Genesis 12:19; Genesis 16:3; Genesis 34:21 + often (after לָקַח, נָתַן husband or father subject); for wife (after הָֽיְתָה, woman subject) Genesis 20:12; Numbers 36:3, 6 (twice in verse); Numbers 36:11, 12; Deuteronomy 22:19, 29 +; for unfaithful wife compare 1; construct in phrase אֵשֶׁת חֵיקֶ֑ךָ Deuteronomy 13:7; compare Deuteronomy 28:54; נְעוּרֶיךָ א׳ Proverbs 5:18; Malachi 2:14, 15; בְּרִיתֶ֑ךָ א׳ Malachi 2:14; אֵשֶׁת אָב = step-mother Leviticus 18:8, 11; Leviticus 20:11.
3. Female of animals Genesis 7:2 (twice in verse); see also below 4
†4. With distributive & reciprocal sense, מֵאֵת א׳ רְעוּתָהּ each woman from her neighbour Exodus 11:2 (E); compare Ruth 1:8, 9; Jeremiah 9:19; each one, of birds of prey Isaiah 34:15 compare Isaiah 34:16 (strike out Bi Che); of cows (figurative of heartless women of Israel) Amos 4:3; of sheep (figurative of Israel) Zechariah 11:9; & of inanimate things (P, & late) אֶל אֲחֹתָהּ א׳ Exodus 26:3 (twice in verse); Exodus 26:5, 6, 17 (P) Ezekiel 1:9 (strike out Co) Ezekiel 1:23; Ezekiel 3:13.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

2:22; 2:22; 2:23; 2:24; 2:25; 3:1; 3:2; 3:8; 3:17; 4:1; 4:17; 4:19; 4:23; 7:2; 11:29; 12:11; 12:18; 12:19; 16:3; 18:11; 20:11; 20:12; 30:26; 31:35; 34:21

Exodus

2:2; 2:7; 11:2; 21:3; 21:22; 22:23; 26:3; 26:5; 26:6; 26:17; 35:29; 36:6

Leviticus

12:2; 18:8; 18:11; 20:11

Numbers

31:18; 36:3; 36:6; 36:11; 36:12

Deuteronomy

7:2; 7:5; 13:7; 20:7; 21:11; 22:19; 22:22; 22:29; 28:30; 28:54

Joshua

2:1; 6:22

Judges

4:4; 11:1; 13:24; 16:1; 19:1; 19:27; 20:4

Ruth

1:8; 1:9; 3:11

1 Samuel

21:5; 28:7

2 Samuel

11:5; 14:2; 14:5; 20:16

1 Kings

3:16; 3:18; 11:1; 11:8; 11:26; 17:9; 17:10; 20:7

Ezra

10:2; 10:10; 10:11; 10:14; 10:17; 10:18; 10:44

Nehemiah

13:23; 13:26; 13:27

Job

14:1; 15:14; 25:4

Psalms

58:9; 128:3

Proverbs

2:16; 5:18; 6:24; 6:26; 6:26; 7:5; 9:13; 11:16; 12:4; 21:9; 21:19; 25:24; 27:15; 30:20; 31:10

Ecclesiastes

7:28

Isaiah

34:15; 34:16; 49:15

Jeremiah

3:3; 9:19; 13:21; 50:37; 51:30

Ezekiel

1:9; 1:23; 3:13; 16:30; 23:44; 23:44; 23:44

Hosea

1:2

Amos

4:3

Zechariah

11:9

Malachi

2:14; 2:14; 2:15

H802

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H802 matches the Hebrew אִשָּׁה ('iššâ),
which occurs 781 times in 686 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 14 (Gen 19:26–Gen 33:5)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:26 - But Lot’s wife looked back as she was following behind him, and she turned into a pillar of salt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:2 - Abraham introduced his wife, Sarah, by saying, “She is my sister.” So King Abimelech of Gerar sent for Sarah and had her brought to him at his palace.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:3 - But that night God came to Abimelech in a dream and told him, “You are a dead man, for that woman you have taken is already married!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:7 - Now return the woman to her husband, and he will pray for you, for he is a prophet. Then you will live. But if you don’t return her to him, you can be sure that you and all your people will die.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:11 - Abraham replied, “I thought, ‘This is a godless place. They will want my wife and will kill me to get her.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:12 - And she really is my sister, for we both have the same father, but different mothers. And I married her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:14 - Then Abimelech took some of his sheep and goats, cattle, and male and female servants, and he presented them to Abraham. He also returned his wife, Sarah, to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:17 - Then Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, his wife, and his female servants, so they could have children.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:18 - For the LORD had caused all the women to be infertile because of what happened with Abraham’s wife, Sarah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:21 - and he settled in the wilderness of Paran. His mother arranged for him to marry a woman from the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:19 - Then Abraham buried his wife, Sarah, there in Canaan, in the cave of Machpelah, near Mamre (also called Hebron).

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:3 - Swear by the LORD, the God of heaven and earth, that you will not allow my son to marry one of these local Canaanite women.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:4 - Go instead to my homeland, to my relatives, and find a wife there for my son Isaac.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:5 - The servant asked, “But what if I can’t find a young woman who is willing to travel so far from home? Should I then take Isaac there to live among your relatives in the land you came from?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:7 - For the LORD, the God of heaven, who took me from my father’s house and my native land, solemnly promised to give this land to my descendants.[fn] He will send his angel ahead of you, and he will see to it that you find a wife there for my son.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:8 - If she is unwilling to come back with you, then you are free from this oath of mine. But under no circumstances are you to take my son there.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:15 - Before he had finished praying, he saw a young woman named Rebekah coming out with her water jug on her shoulder. She was the daughter of Bethuel, who was the son of Abraham’s brother Nahor and his wife, Milcah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:36

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:36 - “When Sarah, my master’s wife, was very old, she gave birth to my master’s son, and my master has given him everything he owns.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:37

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:37 - And my master made me take an oath. He said, ‘Do not allow my son to marry one of these local Canaanite women.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:38

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:38 - Go instead to my father’s house, to my relatives, and find a wife there for my son.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:39

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:39 - “But I said to my master, ‘What if I can’t find a young woman who is willing to go back with me?’

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:40

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:40 - He responded, ‘The LORD, in whose presence I have lived, will send his angel with you and will make your mission successful. Yes, you must find a wife for my son from among my relatives, from my father’s family.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:44

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:44 - If she says, “Yes, have a drink, and I will draw water for your camels, too,” let her be the one you have selected to be the wife of my master’s son.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:51

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:51 - Here is Rebekah; take her and go. Yes, let her be the wife of your master’s son, as the LORD has directed.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:67

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:67 - And Isaac brought Rebekah into his mother Sarah’s tent, and she became his wife. He loved her deeply, and she was a special comfort to him after the death of his mother.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:1 - Abraham married another wife, whose name was Keturah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:10 - This was the field Abraham had purchased from the Hittites and where he had buried his wife Sarah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:20 - When Isaac was forty years old, he married Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan-aram and the sister of Laban the Aramean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:21 - Isaac pleaded with the LORD on behalf of his wife, because she was unable to have children. The LORD answered Isaac’s prayer, and Rebekah became pregnant with twins.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:7 - When the men who lived there asked Isaac about his wife, Rebekah, he said, “She is my sister.” He was afraid to say, “She is my wife.” He thought, “They will kill me to get her, because she is so beautiful.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:8 - But some time later, Abimelech, king of the Philistines, looked out his window and saw Isaac caressing Rebekah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:9 - Immediately, Abimelech called for Isaac and exclaimed, “She is obviously your wife! Why did you say, ‘She is my sister’?”
“Because I was afraid someone would kill me to get her from me,” Isaac replied.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:10 - “How could you do this to us?” Abimelech exclaimed. “One of my people might easily have taken your wife and slept with her, and you would have made us guilty of great sin.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:11 - Then Abimelech issued a public proclamation: “Anyone who touches this man or his wife will be put to death!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:34

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:34 - At the age of forty, Esau married two Hittite wives: Judith, the daughter of Beeri, and Basemath, the daughter of Elon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:46

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:46 - Then Rebekah said to Isaac, “I’m sick and tired of these local Hittite women! I would rather die than see Jacob marry one of them.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:1 - So Isaac called for Jacob, blessed him, and said, “You must not marry any of these Canaanite women.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:2 - Instead, go at once to Paddan-aram, to the house of your grandfather Bethuel, and marry one of your uncle Laban’s daughters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:6 - Esau knew that his father, Isaac, had blessed Jacob and sent him to Paddan-aram to find a wife, and that he had warned Jacob, “You must not marry a Canaanite woman.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:9 - So Esau visited his uncle Ishmael’s family and married one of Ishmael’s daughters, in addition to the wives he already had. His new wife’s name was Mahalath. She was the sister of Nebaioth and the daughter of Ishmael, Abraham’s son.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:21 - Finally, the time came for him to marry her. “I have fulfilled my agreement,” Jacob said to Laban. “Now give me my wife so I can sleep with her.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:28

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:28 - So Jacob agreed to work seven more years. A week after Jacob had married Leah, Laban gave him Rachel, too.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:4 - So Rachel gave her servant, Bilhah, to Jacob as a wife, and he slept with her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:9 - Meanwhile, Leah realized that she wasn’t getting pregnant anymore, so she took her servant, Zilpah, and gave her to Jacob as a wife.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:26 - Let me take my wives and children, for I have earned them by serving you, and let me be on my way. You certainly know how hard I have worked for you.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:17 - So Jacob put his wives and children on camels,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:35

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:35 - she said to her father, “Please, sir, forgive me if I don’t get up for you. I’m having my monthly period.” So Laban continued his search, but he could not find the household idols.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:50

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:50 - If you mistreat my daughters or if you marry other wives, God will see it even if no one else does. He is a witness to this covenant between us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:22 - During the night Jacob got up and took his two wives, his two servant wives, and his eleven sons and crossed the Jabbok River with them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:5 - Then Esau looked at the women and children and asked, “Who are these people with you?”
“These are the children God has graciously given to me, your servant,” Jacob replied.

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