And she said to her father, “Let not my lord be angry that I cannot rise before you, for the way of women is upon me.” So he searched but did not find the household gods.
“You shall stand up before the gray head and honor the face of an old man, and you shall fear your God: I am the Lord.
“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.
as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord. And you are her children, if you do good and do not fear anything that is frightening.
Servants, be subject to your masters with all respect, not only to the good and gentle but also to the unjust.
Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.
So Bathsheba went to King Solomon to speak to him on behalf of Adonijah. And the king rose to meet her and bowed down to her. Then he sat on his throne and had a seat brought for the king's mother, and she sat on his right.
Every one of you shall revere his mother and his father, and you shall keep my Sabbaths: I am the Lord your God.
“When a woman has a discharge, and the discharge in her body is blood, she shall be in her menstrual impurity for seven days, and whoever touches her shall be unclean until the evening.
Now Abraham and Sarah were old, advanced in years. The way of women had ceased to be with Sarah. So Sarah laughed to herself, saying, “After I am worn out, and my lord is old, shall I have pleasure?”
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