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Genesis 3:16

Genesis 3:16

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in sorrow: Genesis 35:16-18; 1 Samuel 4:19-21; Psalms 48:6; Isaiah 13:8, Isaiah 21:3, Isaiah 26:17-18, Isaiah 53:11; Jeremiah 4:31, Jeremiah 6:24, Jeremiah 13:21, Jeremiah 22:23, Jeremiah 49:24; Micah 4:9-10; John 16:21; 1 Thessalonians 5:3; 1 Timothy 2:15

thy desire: Genesis 4:7

to: or, subject to

rule: Numbers 30:7-8, Numbers 30:13; Esther 1:20; 1 Corinthians 7:4, 1 Corinthians 11:3, 1 Corinthians 14:34; Ephesians 5:22-24; Colossians 3:18; 1 Timothy 2:11-12; Titus 2:5; 1 Peter 3:1-6

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