¹ Now after this, it came about that Absalom, David's son, had a beautiful sister, whose name was Tamar; and David's son Amnon was in love with her.

⁹ All these were the sons of David, in addition to the sons of his servant-wives; and Tamar was their sister.

² While David was in Hebron he became the father of sons: the oldest was Amnon, son of Ahinoam of Jezreel;

³ And the second, Chileab, whose mother was Abigail, the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom, son of Maacah, the daughter of Talmai, king of Geshur;

² The third Absalom, the son of Maacah, the daughter of Talmai, king of Geshur; the fourth Adonijah, the son of Haggith;

²⁷ And Absalom was the father of three sons and of one daughter named Tamar, who was very beautiful.

³⁰ Fair looks are a deceit, and a beautiful form is of no value; but a woman who has the fear of the Lord is to be praised.

²⁵ Let not your heart's desire go after her fair body; let not her eyes take you prisoner.

¹ Now a number of strange women were loved by Solomon, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites:

¹⁵ Then Amnon was full of hate for her, hating her with a hate greater than his earlier love for her. And he said to her, Get up and be gone.

² Now one evening, David got up from his bed, and while he was walking on the roof of the king's house, he saw from there a woman bathing; and the woman was very beautiful.

⁶ And he gave Joseph control of all his property, keeping no account of anything, but only the food which was put before him. Now Joseph was very beautiful in form and face.

⁷ And after a time, his master's wife, looking on Joseph with desire, said to him, Be my lover.

³ Then his heart went out in love to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob, and he said comforting words to her.

²⁰ And Jacob did seven years' work for Rachel; and because of his love for her it seemed to him only a very little time.

¹⁸ And Jacob was in love with Rachel; and he said, I will be your servant seven years for Rachel, your younger daughter.

² The sons of God saw that the daughters of men were fair; and they took wives for themselves from those who were pleasing to them.