Meaning of “Wife”
Wife — The ordinance of marriage was sanctioned in Paradise (Gen. 2:24; Matt. 19:4-6). Monogamy was the original law under which man lived, but polygamy early commenced (Gen. 4:19), and continued to prevail all down through Jewish history. The law of Moses regulated but did not prohibit polygamy. A man might have a plurality of wives, but a wife could have only one husband. A wife's legal rights (Ex. 21:10) and her duties (Prov. 31:10-31; 1 Tim. 5:14) are specified. She could be divorced in special cases (Deut. 22:13-21), but could not divorce her husband. Divorce was restricted by our Lord to the single case of adultery (Matt. 19:3-9). The duties of husbands and wives in their relations to each other are distinctly set forth in the New Testament (1 Cor. 7:2-5; Eph. 5:22-33; Col. 3:18, 19; 1 Pet. 3:1-7). Midwife — The two midwives mentioned in Ex. 1:15 were probably the superintendents of the whole class.
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Genesis Chapter 2 Verse 24 — Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh. Genesis Chapter 2 Verse 25 — And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed. Genesis Chapter 3 Verse 8 — And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden. Genesis Chapter 3 Verse 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 shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; Genesis Chapter 3 Verse 20 — And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living. Genesis Chapter 3 Verse 21 — Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them. Genesis Chapter 4 Verse 1 — And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD. Genesis Chapter 4 Verse 17 — And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch. Genesis Chapter 4 Verse 25 — And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew. Genesis Chapter 6 Verse 18 — But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee. Genesis Chapter 7 Verse 7 — And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood. Genesis Chapter 7 Verse 13 — In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark; Genesis Chapter 8 Verse 16 — Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons' wives with thee. Genesis Chapter 8 Verse 18 — And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him: Genesis Chapter 11 Verse 29 — And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram's wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah. Genesis Chapter 11 Verse 31 — And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son's son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram's wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there. Genesis Chapter 12 Verse 5 — And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came. Genesis Chapter 12 Verse 11 — And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou art a fair woman to look upon: Genesis Chapter 12 Verse 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 Chapter 12 Verse 17 — And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram's wife. Genesis Chapter 12 Verse 18 — And Pharaoh called Abram and said, What is this that thou hast done unto me? why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife? Genesis Chapter 12 Verse 19 — Why saidst thou, She is my sister? so I might have taken her to me to wife: now therefore behold thy wife, take her, and go thy way. Genesis Chapter 12 Verse 20 — And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him: and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had. Genesis Chapter 13 Verse 1 — And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the south. Genesis Chapter 16 Verse 1 — Now Sarai Abram's wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar. Genesis Chapter 16 Verse 3 — 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 Chapter 17 Verse 15 — And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be. Genesis Chapter 17 Verse 19 — And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him. Genesis Chapter 18 Verse 9 — And they said unto him, Where is Sarah thy wife? And he said, Behold, in the tent. Genesis Chapter 18 Verse 10 — And he said, I will certainly return unto thee according to the time of life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard it in the tent door, which was behind him. Genesis Chapter 19 Verse 15 — And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are here; lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city. Genesis Chapter 19 Verse 16 — And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the LORD being merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him without the city. Genesis Chapter 19 Verse 26 — But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt. Genesis Chapter 20 Verse 2 — And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah. Genesis Chapter 20 Verse 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. Genesis Chapter 20 Verse 7 — Now therefore restore the man his wife; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou restore her not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are thine. Genesis Chapter 20 Verse 11 — And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will slay me for my wife's sake. Genesis Chapter 20 Verse 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. Genesis Chapter 20 Verse 14 — And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and womenservants, and gave them unto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife. Genesis Chapter 20 Verse 17 — So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maidservants; and they bare children. Genesis Chapter 20 Verse 18 — For the LORD had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham's wife. Genesis Chapter 21 Verse 21 — And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt. Genesis Chapter 23 Verse 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. Genesis Chapter 24 Verse 3 — And I will make thee swear 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: Genesis Chapter 24 Verse 4 — But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son Isaac. Genesis Chapter 24 Verse 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 will I give this land; he shall send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife unto my son from thence. Genesis Chapter 24 Verse 15 — And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that, behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, with her pitcher upon her shoulder. Genesis Chapter 24 Verse 36 — And Sarah my master's wife bare a son to my master when she was old: and unto him hath he given all that he hath. Genesis Chapter 24 Verse 37 — And my master made me swear, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife to my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell: Genesis Chapter 24 Verse 38 — But thou shalt go unto my father's house, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son.
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