Genesis 30:9

When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to [as] wife.

Geneva Bible - And when Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and
gave her Jacob to wife.

Genesis 28:1

And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged [commanded] him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.

Geneva Bible - Then Isaac called Jacob and (a) blessed him, and charged him, and said unto
him, Take not a wife of the daughters of Canaan.
(a) This second blessing was to confirm Jacob's faith, lest he should think that his father had given it
without God's motion.

Genesis 26:9

And Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, of a surety [obviously] she [is] thy wife: and how saidst thou, She [is] my sister? And Isaac said unto him, Because I said, Lest I die [on account of] for her.

Geneva Bible - Then Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Lo, she is of a surety thy wife, and why
saidst thou, She is my sister? To whom Isaac answered, Because I thought this, It
may be that I shall die for her.

Genesis 26:7

And the men of the place asked [him] of his wife; and he said, She [is] my sister: for he feared to say, [She is] my wife; lest, [said he,] the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah; because she [was] fair [beautiful] to look upon.

Geneva Bible - And the men of the place asked him of his wife, and he said, She is my sister, (d)
for he feared to say, She is my wife, lest, said he, the men of the place should kill
me, because of Rebekah, for she was beautiful to the eye.
(d) Whereby we see that fear and distrust is found in the most faithful.

Genesis 24:7

The LORD God of heaven, which took me from my father's house, and from the land of my kindred, and which spake unto me, and that sware unto me, saying, Unto thy seed [descendants]will I give this land; he shall send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife unto my son from thence.

Geneva Bible - The LORD God of heaven, who took me from my father’s house, and from the land where I was born, and that spake unto me, and that sware unto me, saying, (*) Unto thy seed will I give this land, he shall send his Angel before thee and thou shalt take a wife unto my son from thence.
(*) Genesis 12:7; Genesis 13:15; Genesis 15:18; Genesis 26:4 .

Genesis 24:4

But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son Isaac.

Geneva Bible -  But thou shalt go unto my (c) country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto
my son Isaac.
(c) He did not that his son should marry out of the godly family; for the inconveniences that come by
marrying with the ungodly are set forth in sundry places of the Scriptures.

Genesis 24:3

And I will make thee swear [take an oath] by the LORD, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou
shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell:

Geneva Bible - And I will make thee (b) swear by the LORD God of the heaven, and God of the
earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I dwell;
(b) This sheweth that an oath may be required in a lawful cause.

Genesis 23:19

And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre: the same [is] Hebron in the land of Canaan.


Geneva Bible - And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah over against Mamre. The same is Hebron in the land of Canaan.

Genesis 20:12

And yet indeed [she is] my sister; she [is] the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.

(Geneva Bible) - Yet in very deed she is my (m) sister, for she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother, and she is my wife;
(m) By sister, he meaneth his cousin germane, and by daughter, Abraham's niece, Genesis 11:29; for
so the Hebrews use these words.

Genesis 20:3

But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou [art but] a dead man, for
the woman which thou hast taken; for she [is] a man's wife [lit. "married to a husband"].

(Geneva Bible) - But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, (c)
thou art but dead, because of the woman, which thou hast taken, for she is a man’s wife.
(c) So greatly God detesteth the breach of marriage.

Genesis 12:12

Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say, This [is] his wife:
and they will kill me, but they will save thee alive.

Genesis 3:17

And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of
which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed [is] the ground for thy sake; in sorrow [toil] shalt thou eat [of] it all the days of thy life;

Genesis 2:24

Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave [be joined] unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.