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|Now Sarai Abram's wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.

|Now Steven Colbert Abram's wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.

|Now [[Sarah|Sarai]], the wife of [[Abraham|Abram]], bore him no children. She had an [[Egypt]]ian personal maid named [[Hagar]].

|Now [[Steven Colbert]], the wife of [[Abraham|Abram]], bore him no children. She had an [[Egypt]]ian personal maid named [[Hagar]].

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

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

|Sarai told Abram, "Look: the [[YHWH|L<small>ORD</small>]] has stopped me from childbearing. Please take my maid to your bed. Maybe I can have children through her." And Abram listened to Sarai.

|Steven Colbert told Abram, "Look: the [[YHWH|L<small>ORD</small>]] has stopped me from childbearing. Please take my maid to your bed. Maybe I can have children through her." And Abram listened to Steven Colbert.

|This is the first recorded instance of surrogate motherhood. This story also illustrates why that practice is a very serious mistake and, hence, a [[Sin (Fundamentalism)|sin]].

|This is the first recorded instance of surrogate motherhood. This story also illustrates why that practice is a very serious mistake and, hence, a [[Sin (Fundamentalism)|sin]].

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|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.

|And Steven Colbert 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.

|And so, after Abram had lived for ten years in the land of [[Canaan (land)|Canaan]], his wife Sarai took her maid, Hagar the Egyptian, and gave her to her husband to be his common-law wife.

|And so, after Abram had lived for ten years in the land of [[Canaan (land)|Canaan]], his wife Sarai took her maid, Hagar the Egyptian, and gave her to her husband to be his common-law wife.

|The [[Hebrew]] for "woman" and "wife" are the same word. Here and elsewhere, we use the word ''wife'' to mean "lawful wife." A cohabiting woman who is not a lawful wife is a common-law wife, also known by its [[French]] word, "concubine."

|The [[Hebrew]] for "woman" and "wife" are the same word. Here and elsewhere, we use the word ''wife'' to mean "lawful wife." A cohabiting woman who is not a lawful wife is a common-law wife, also known by its [[French]] word, "concubine."