¹ It happened after this, that Absalom the son of David had a beautiful sister, whose name was Tamar; and Amnon the son of David loved her.

⁹ All these were the sons of David, besides the sons of the concubines; and Tamar was their sister.

² To David were sons born in Hebron: and his firstborn was Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess;

³ and his second, Chileab, of Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom the 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 To Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter, whose name was Tamar: she was a woman of a beautiful face.

³⁰ Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain; But a woman who fears Yahweh, she shall be praised.

²⁵ Don't lust after her beauty in your heart, Neither let her captivate you with her eyelids.

¹ Now king Solomon loved many foreign women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians, and Hittites;

¹⁵ Then Amnon hated her with exceeding great hatred; for the hatred with which he hated her was greater than the love with which he had loved her. Amnon said to her, Arise, be gone.

² It happened at evening, that David arose from off his bed, and walked on the roof of the king's house: and from the roof he saw a woman bathing; and the woman was very beautiful to look on.

⁶ He left all that he had in Joseph's hand. He didn't concern himself with anything, except for the food which he ate. Joseph was well-built and handsome.

⁷ It happened after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes on Joseph; and she said, "Lie with me."

³ His soul joined to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the young lady, and spoke kindly to the young lady.

²⁰ Jacob served seven years for Rachel. They seemed to him but a few days, for the love he had for her.

¹⁸ Jacob loved Rachel. He said, "I will serve you seven years for Rachel, your younger daughter."

² that God's sons saw that men's daughters were beautiful, and they took for themselves wives of all that they chose.