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Judges 8:31

AbimelechShechem

29 And Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and dwelt in his own house.

30 And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten: for he had many wives.

And his concubine that was in Shechem, she also bare him a son, whose name he called Abimelech.

32 And Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age, and was buried in the sepulchre of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abi-ezrites.

33 And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel turned again, and went a whoring after Baalim, and made Baal-berith their god.

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BSB
His concubine, who dwelt in Shechem, also bore him a son, and he named him Abimelech.
KJV
And his concubine that was in Shechem, she also bare him a son, whose name he called Abimelech.
WEB
His concubine who was in Shechem also bore him a son, and he named him Abimelech.
ASV
And his concubine that was in Shechem, she also bare him a son, and he called his name Abimelech.
DARBY
And his concubine that was in Shechem, she also bore him a son, and he gave him the name of Abimelech.
BLB
and his concubine who [was] in Shechem, and she also bore him a son, and he called his name Abimelech.
ÅB
Og han hadde en medhustru som bodde i Sikem; med henne fikk han også en sønn og kalte ham Abimelek.
OTB
En sønn ble også født til ham av hans medhustru som bodde i Sikem, og han kalte ham Abimelek.
B1930
Og han hadde en medhustru som bodde i Sikem; med henne fikk han også en sønn og kalte ham Abimelek.

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  • Judges 9:18

    And ye are risen up against my father’s house this day, and have slain his sons, threescore and ten persons, upon one stone, and have made Abimelech, the son of his maidservant, king over the men of Shechem, because he is your brother;)

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  • Genesis 16:15

    And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called his son’s name, which Hagar bare, Ishmael.

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  • Judges 9:1–5

    And Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem unto his mother’s brethren, and communed with them, and with all the family of the house of his mother’s father, saying,

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  • Genesis 22:24

    And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she bare also Tebah, and Gaham, and Thahash, and Maachah.

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  • Genesis 20:2

    And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.

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