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Genesis 16:3 Cross-References
Explore 12 cross-references for Genesis 16:3 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Genesis chapter 16 verse 3 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“And Sarai Abram's wife took Hagar her maid the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife.”
Genesis 16:3 (KJV)
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After Abram had lived TEN YEARS in the land of Canaan, Abram’s wife Sarai took Hagar the Egyptian, her maid, and gave her to her husband Abram as his wife. (GEN 16:3)
Commentary on Genesis 16:3
And Sarai Abram's wife took Hagar her maid the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land... This passage is part of the Abrahamic narratives which shift from universal human history to God's particular covenant people. The Abraham cycle (Genesis 12-25) demonstrates God's sovereign election, covenant faithfulness, and the development of faith through testing and promise fulfillment.Central themes include God's unconditional covenant promises (land, descendants, blessing to nations), the call to faith and obedience, the testing of faith through delays and impossibilities, the contras...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Genesis 16:3
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“as Yahweh had spoken to him. Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed out of Haran.”
“This wrong is your fault. I gave my handmaid into your bosom, and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes. Yahweh judge between me and you.”
“after he was come from Hebron; and there were yet sons and daughters born to David.”
“she took Zilpah”
“and Jacob went in to her.”
“when there was no king in Israel”
“and took”
“and took his two wives”
“and answers to the Jerusalem that exists now”
“while Israel lived in that land”