ASV Strong Code H7604 : sha'ar shaw-ar'
Definition
H7604 sha'ar shaw-ar' a primitive root; properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant:--leave, (be) left, let, remain, remnant, reserve, the rest.
ASV Bible Verses Containing Strong Code H7604
M / Genesis 7.23 : And every living thing was destroyed that was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and creeping things, and birds of the heavens; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only was left[H7604], and they that were with him in the ark.M / Genesis 14.10 : Now the vale of Siddim was full of slime pits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and they fell there[H7604], and they that remained fled to the mountain.
M / Genesis 32.8 : and he said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the company which is left[H7604] shall escape.
M / Genesis 42.38 : And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he only is left[H7604]: if harm befall him by the way in which ye go, then will ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol.
M / Genesis 47.18 : And when that year was ended, they came unto him the second year, and said unto him, We will not hide from my lord, how that our money is all spent; and the herds of cattle are my lord's; there is nought left[H7604] in the sight of my lord, but our bodies, and our lands:
M / Exodus 8.9 : And Moses said unto Pharaoh, Have thou this glory over me: against what time shall I entreat for thee, and for thy servants, and for thy people, that the frogs be destroyed from thee and thy houses, and remain[H7604] in the river only?
M / Exodus 8.11 : And the frogs shall depart from thee, and from thy houses, and from thy servants, and from thy people; they shall remain[H7604] in the river only.
M / Exodus 8.31 : And Jehovah did according to the word of Moses; and he removed the swarms of flies from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people; there remained[H7604] not one.
M / Exodus 10.5 : and they shall cover the face of the earth, so that one shall not be able to see the earth: and they shall eat the residue of that which is escaped, which remaineth[H7604] unto you from the hail, and shall eat every tree which groweth for you out of the field:
M / Exodus 10.12 : And Jehovah said unto Moses, Stretch out thy hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come up upon the land of Egypt, and eat every herb of the land, even all that the hail hath left[H7604].
M / Exodus 10.19 : And Jehovah turned an exceeding strong west wind, which took up the locusts, and drove them into the Red Sea; there remained[H7604] not one locust in all the border of Egypt.
M / Exodus 10.26 : Our cattle also shall go with us; there shall not a hoof be left behind[H7604]; for thereof must we take to serve Jehovah our God; and we know not with what we must serve Jehovah, until we come thither.
M / Exodus 14.28 : And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, even all the host of Pharaoh that went in after them into the sea; there remained[H7604] not so much as one of them.
M / Leviticus 5.9 : and he shall sprinkle of the blood of the sin-offering upon the side of the altar; and the rest[H7604] of the blood shall be drained out at the base of the altar: it is a sin-offering.
M / Leviticus 25.52 : And if there remain[H7604] but few years unto the year of jubilee, then he shall reckon with him; according unto his years shall he give back the price of his redemption.
M / Leviticus 26.36 : And as for them that are left[H7604] of you, I will send a faintness into their heart in the lands of their enemies: and the sound of a driven leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as one fleeth from the sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth.
M / Leviticus 26.39 : And they that are left[H7604] of you shall pine away in their iniquity in your enemies' lands; and also in the iniquities of their fathers shall they pine away with them.
M / Numbers 9.12 : they shall leave[H7604] none of it unto the morning, nor break a bone thereof: according to all the statute of the passover they shall keep it.
M / Numbers 11.26 : But there remained[H7604] two men in the camp, the name of the one was Eldad, and the name of the other Medad: and the Spirit rested upon them; and they were of them that were written, but had not gone out unto the Tent; and they prophesied in the camp.
M / Numbers 21.35 : So they smote him, and his sons and all his people, until there was none left[H7604] him remaining: and they possessed his land.
M / Deuteronomy 2.34 : And we took all his cities at that time, and utterly destroyed every inhabited city, with the women and the little ones; we left[H7604] none remaining:
M / Deuteronomy 3.3 : So Jehovah our God delivered into our hand Og also, the king of Bashan, and all his people: and we smote him until none was left[H7604] to him remaining.
M / Deuteronomy 3.11 : (For only Og king of Bashan remained[H7604] of the remnant of the Rephaim; behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbah of the children of Ammon? nine cubits was the length thereof, and four cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man.)
M / Deuteronomy 4.27 : And Jehovah will scatter you among the peoples, and ye shall be left[H7604] few in number among the nations, whither Jehovah shall lead you away.
M / Deuteronomy 7.20 : Moreover Jehovah thy God will send the hornet among them[H7604], until they that are left, and hide themselves, perish from before thee.
M / Deuteronomy 19.20 : And those that remain[H7604] shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth commit no more any such evil in the midst of thee.
M / Deuteronomy 28.51 : and shall eat the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy ground, until thou be destroyed; that also shall not leave[H7604] thee grain, new wine, or oil, the increase of thy cattle, or the young of thy flock, until they have caused thee to perish.
M / Deuteronomy 28.55 : so that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children whom he shall eat, because he hath nothing left[H7604] him, in the siege and in the distress wherewith thine enemy shall distress thee in all thy gates.
M / Deuteronomy 28.62 : And ye shall be left[H7604] few in number, whereas ye were as the stars of heaven for multitude; because thou didst not hearken unto the voice of Jehovah thy God.
M / Joshua 8.17 : And there was not a man left[H7604] in Ai or Beth-el, that went not out after Israel: and they left the city open, and pursued after Israel.
M / Joshua 8.22 : And the others came forth out of the city against them; so they were in the midst of Israel, some on this side, and some on that side: and they smote them, so that they let[H7604] none of them remain or escape.
M / Joshua 10.28 : And Joshua took Makkedah on that day, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and the king thereof: he utterly destroyed them and all the souls that were therein[H7604]; he left none remaining; and he did to the king of Makkedah as he had done unto the king of Jericho.
M / Joshua 10.30 : and Jehovah delivered it also, and the king thereof, into the hand of Israel; and he smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were therein[H7604]; he left none remaining in it; and he did unto the king thereof as he had done unto the king of Jericho.
M / Joshua 10.33 : Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish; and Joshua smote him and his people, until he had left[H7604] him none remaining.
M / Joshua 10.37 : and they took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and the king thereof, and all the cities thereof, and all the souls that were therein[H7604]; he left none remaining, according to all that he had done to Eglon; but he utterly destroyed it, and all the souls that were therein.
M / Joshua 10.39 : and he took it, and the king thereof, and all the cities thereof; and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed all the souls that were therein[H7604]; he left none remaining: as he had done to Hebron, so he did to Debir, and to the king thereof; as he had done also to Libnah, and to the king thereof.
M / Joshua 10.40 : So Joshua smote all the land, the hill-country, and the South, and the lowland, and the slopes, and all their kings: he left[H7604] none remaining, but he utterly destroyed all that breathed, as Jehovah, the God of Israel, commanded.
M / Joshua 11.8 : And Jehovah delivered them into the hand of Israel, and they smote them, and chased them unto great Sidon, and unto Misrephoth-maim, and unto the valley of Mizpeh eastward; and they smote them[H7604], until they left them none remaining.
M / Joshua 11.14 : And all the spoil of these cities, and the cattle, the children of Israel took for a prey unto themselves; but every man they smote with the edge of the sword, until they had destroyed them[H7604], neither left they any that breathed.
M / Joshua 11.22 : There was none of the Anakim left in the land of the children of Israel: only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod, did some remain[H7604].
M / Joshua 13.1 : Now Joshua was old and well stricken in years; and Jehovah said unto him, Thou art old and well stricken in years, and there remaineth[H7604] yet very much land to be possessed.
M / Joshua 13.2 : This is the land that yet remaineth[H7604]: all the regions of the Philistines, and all the Geshurites;
M / Joshua 13.12 : all the kingdom of Og in Bashan, who reigned in Ashtaroth and in Edrei (the same was left[H7604] of the remnant of the Rephaim); for these did Moses smite, and drove them out.
M / Joshua 23.4 : Behold, I have allotted unto you these nations that remain[H7604], to be an inheritance for your tribes, from the Jordan, with all the nations that I have cut off, even unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun.
M / Joshua 23.7 : that ye come not among these nations, these that remain[H7604] among you; neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear by them, neither serve them, nor bow down yourselves unto them;
M / Joshua 23.12 : Else if ye do at all go back, and cleave unto the remnant of these nations, even these that remain[H7604] among you, and make marriages with them, and go in unto them, and they to you;
M / Judges 4.16 : But Barak pursued after the chariots, and after the host, unto Harosheth of the Nations: and all the host of Sisera fell by the edge of the sword; there was not a man left[H7604].
M / Judges 6.4 : and they encamped against them, and destroyed the increase of the earth, till thou come unto Gaza, and left[H7604] no sustenance in Israel, neither sheep, nor ox, nor ass.
M / Judges 7.3 : Now therefore proclaim in the ears of the people, saying, Whosoever is fearful and trembling, let him return and depart from mount Gilead. And there returned of the people twenty and two thousand; and there remained[H7604] ten thousand.
M / Ruth 1.3 : And Elimelech, Naomi's husband, died; and she was left[H7604], and her two sons.
M / Ruth 1.5 : And Mahlon and Chilion died both of them; and the woman was left[H7604] of her two children and of her husband.
M / 1 Samuel 5.4 : And when they arose early on the morrow morning, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the ground before the ark of Jehovah; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands lay cut off upon the threshold; only the stump of Dagon was left to him[H7604].
M / 1 Samuel 9.24 : And the cook took up the thigh, and that which was upon it, and set it before Saul. And Samuel said, Behold[H7604], that which hath been reserved! set it before thee and eat; because unto the appointed time hath it been kept for thee, for I said, I have invited the people. So Saul did eat with Samuel that day.
M / 1 Samuel 11.11 : And it was so on the morrow, that Saul put the people in three companies; and they came into the midst of the camp in the morning watch, and smote the Ammonites until the heat of the day: and it came to pass[H7604], that they that remained were scattered, so that not two of them were left[H7604] together.
M / 1 Samuel 14.36 : And Saul said, Let us go down after the Philistines by night, and take spoil among them until the morning light, and let us not leave[H7604] a man of them. And they said, Do whatsoever seemeth good unto thee. Then said the priest, Let us draw near hither unto God.
M / 1 Samuel 16.11 : And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here all thy children? And he said, There remaineth[H7604] yet the youngest, and, behold, he is keeping the sheep. And Samuel said unto Jesse, Send and fetch him; for we will not sit down till he come hither.
M / 1 Samuel 25.22 : God do so unto the enemies of David, and more also[H7604], if I leave of all that pertain to him by the morning light so much as one man-child.
M / 1 Kings 15.29 : And it came to pass that, as soon as he was king, he smote all the house of Jeroboam: he left[H7604] not to Jeroboam any that breathed, until he had destroyed him; according unto the saying of Jehovah, which he spake by his servant Ahijah the Shilonite;
M / 1 Kings 16.11 : And it came to pass, when he began to reign, as soon as he sat on his throne, that he smote all the house of Baasha: he left[H7604] him not a single man-child, neither of his kinsfolks, nor of his friends.
M / 1 Kings 19.18 : Yet will I leave[H7604] me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him.
M / 1 Kings 22.46 : And the remnant of the sodomites, that remained[H7604] in the days of his father Asa, he put away out of the land.
M / 2 Kings 3.25 : And they beat down the cities; and on every good piece of land they cast every man his stone, and filled it; and they stopped all the fountains of water, and felled all the good trees, until in Kir-hareseth only they left[H7604] the stones thereof; howbeit the slingers went about it, and smote it.
M / 2 Kings 7.13 : And one of his servants answered and said, Let some take, I pray thee, five of the horses that remain[H7604], which are left[H7604] in the city (behold, they are as all the multitude of Israel that are left[H7604] in it; behold, they are as all the multitude of Israel that are consumed); and let us send and see.
M / 2 Kings 10.11 : So Jehu smote all that remained[H7604] of the house of Ahab in Jezreel, and all his great men, and his familiar friends, and his priests, until he left[H7604] him none remaining.
M / 2 Kings 10.14 : And he said, Take them alive. And they took them alive, and slew them at the pit of the shearing-house, even two and forty men; neither left[H7604] he any of them.
M / 2 Kings 10.17 : And when he came to Samaria, he smote all that remained[H7604] unto Ahab in Samaria, till he had destroyed him, according to the word of Jehovah, which he spake to Elijah.
M / 2 Kings 10.21 : And Jehu sent through all Israel: and all the worshippers of Baal came, so that there was not a man left[H7604] that came not. And they came into the house of Baal; and the house of Baal was filled from one end to another.
M / 2 Kings 13.7 : For he left[H7604] not to Jehoahaz of the people save fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen; for the king of Syria destroyed them, and made them like the dust in threshing.
M / 2 Kings 17.18 : Therefore Jehovah was very angry with Israel, and removed them out of his sight: there was none left[H7604] but the tribe of Judah only.
M / 2 Kings 19.30 : And the remnant[H7604] that is escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward.
M / 2 Kings 24.14 : And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valor, even ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and the smiths; none remained[H7604], save the poorest sort of the people of the land.
M / 2 Kings 25.11 : And the residue of the people that were left[H7604] in the city, and those that fell away, that fell to the king of Babylon, and the residue of the multitude, did Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carry away captive.
M / 2 Kings 25.12 : But the captain of the guard left[H7604] of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen.
M / 2 Kings 25.22 : And as for the people that were left[H7604] in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had left[H7604], even over them he made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, governor.
M / 1 Chronicles 13.2 : And David said unto all the assembly of Israel, If it seem good unto you, and if it be of Jehovah our God, let us send abroad every where unto our brethren that are left[H7604] in all the land of Israel, with whom the priests and Levites are in their cities that have suburbs, that they may gather themselves unto us;
M / 2 Chronicles 21.17 : and they came up against Judah, and brake into it, and carried away all the substance that was found in the king's house, and his sons also, and his wives; so that there was never a son left[H7604] him, save Jehoahaz, the youngest of his sons.
M / 2 Chronicles 30.6 : So the posts went with the letters from the king and his princes throughout all Israel and Judah, and according to the commandment of the king, saying, Ye children of Israel, turn again unto Jehovah, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, that he may return to the remnant[H7604] that are escaped of you out of the hand of the kings of Assyria.
M / 2 Chronicles 34.21 : Go ye, inquire of Jehovah for me[H7604], and for them that are left in Israel and in Judah, concerning the words of the book that is found; for great is the wrath of Jehovah that is poured out upon us, because our fathers have not kept the word of Jehovah, to do according unto all that is written in this book.
M / Ezra 1.4 : And whosoever is left[H7604], in any place where he sojourneth, let the men of his place help him with silver, and with gold, and with goods, and with beasts, besides the freewill-offering for the house of God which is in Jerusalem.
M / Ezra 9.8 : And now for a little moment grace has been showed from Jehovah our God, to leave[H7604] us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage.
M / Ezra 9.15 : O Jehovah, the God of Israel, you are righteous; for we are left a remnant[H7604] that is escaped, as it is this day: behold, we are before you in our guiltiness; for none can stand before you because of this.
M / Nehemiah 1.2 : that Hanani, one of my brethren, came, he and certain men out of Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews that had escaped, that were left[H7604] of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem.
M / Nehemiah 1.3 : And they said unto me[H7604], The remnant that are left[H7604] of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach: the wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and the gates thereof are burned with fire.
M / Job 21.34 : How then comfort ye me in vain, Seeing in your answers there remaineth[H7604] only falsehood?
M / Isaiah 4.3 : And it shall come to pass[H7604], that he that is left in Zion, and he that remaineth in Jerusalem, shall be called holy, even every one that is written among the living in Jerusalem;
M / Isaiah 11.11 : And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord will set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, that shall remain[H7604], from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.
M / Isaiah 11.16 : And there shall be a highway for the remnant of his people, that shall remain[H7604], from Assyria; like as there was for Israel in the day that he came up out of the land of Egypt.
M / Isaiah 17.6 : Yet there shall be left[H7604] therein gleanings, as the shaking of an olive-tree, two or three berries in the top of the uppermost bough, four or five in the outmost branches of a fruitful tree, saith Jehovah, the God of Israel.
M / Isaiah 24.6 : Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are found guilty: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left[H7604].
M / Isaiah 24.12 : In the city is left[H7604] desolation, and the gate is smitten with destruction.
M / Isaiah 37.31 : And the remnant[H7604] that is escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward.
M / Isaiah 49.21 : Then shalt thou say in thy heart, Who hath begotten me these, seeing I have been bereaved of my children, and am solitary, an exile, and wandering to and fro? and who hath brought up these[H7604]? Behold, I was left alone; these, where were they?
M / Jeremiah 8.3 : And death shall be chosen rather than life by all the residue that remain[H7604] of this evil family, that remain[H7604] in all the places whither I have driven them, saith Jehovah of hosts.
M / Jeremiah 21.7 : And afterward, saith Jehovah, I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, and his servants, and the people, even such as are left[H7604] in this city from the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those that seek their life: and he shall smite them with the edge of the sword; he shall not spare them, neither have pity, nor have mercy.
M / Jeremiah 24.8 : And as the bad figs, which cannot be eaten, they are so bad, surely thus saith Jehovah, So will I give up Zedekiah the king of Judah, and his princes, and the residue of Jerusalem, that remain[H7604] in this land, and them that dwell in the land of Egypt,
M / Jeremiah 34.7 : when the king of Babylon's army was fighting against Jerusalem, and against all the cities of Judah that were left, against Lachish and against Azekah; for these alone remained[H7604] of the cities of Judah as fortified cities.
M / Jeremiah 37.10 : For though ye had smitten the whole army of the Chaldeans that fight against you[H7604], and there remained but wounded men among them, yet would they rise up every man in his tent, and burn this city with fire.
M / Jeremiah 38.4 : Then the princes said unto the king, Let this man, we pray thee, be put to death; forasmuch as he weakeneth the hands of the men of war that remain[H7604] in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words unto them: for this man seeketh not the welfare of this people, but the hurt.
M / Jeremiah 38.22 : behold, all the women that are left[H7604] in the king of Judah's house shall be brought forth to the king of Babylon's princes, and those women shall say, Thy familiar friends have set thee on, and have prevailed over thee: now that thy feet are sunk in the mire, they are turned away back.
M / Jeremiah 39.9 : Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive into Babylon the residue of the people that remained[H7604] in the city, the deserters also that fell away to him, and the residue of the people that remained[H7604].
M / Jeremiah 39.10 : But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left[H7604] of the poor of the people, that had nothing, in the land of Judah, and gave them vineyards and fields at the same time.
M / Jeremiah 40.6 : Then went Jeremiah unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah, and dwelt with him among the people that were left[H7604] in the land.
M / Jeremiah 41.10 : Then Ishmael carried away captive all the residue of the people that were in Mizpah, even the king's daughters, and all the people that remained[H7604] in Mizpah, whom Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had committed to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam; Ishmael the son of Nethaniah carried them away captive, and departed to go over to the children of Ammon.
M / Jeremiah 42.2 : and said unto Jeremiah the prophet, Let, we pray thee, our supplication be presented before thee, and pray for us unto Jehovah thy God, even for all this remnant; for we are left[H7604] but a few of many, as thine eyes do behold us:
M / Jeremiah 49.9 : If grape-gatherers came to thee[H7604], would they not leave some gleaning grapes? if thieves by night, would they not destroy till they had enough?
M / Jeremiah 50.20 : In those days, and in that time, saith Jehovah, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none; and the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found: for I will pardon them whom I leave as a remnant[H7604].
M / Jeremiah 52.15 : Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive of the poorest of the people, and the residue of the people that were left[H7604] in the city, and those that fell away, that fell to the king of Babylon, and the residue of the multitude.
M / Jeremiah 52.16 : But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left[H7604] of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen.
M / Ezekiel 6.12 : He that is far off shall die of the pestilence; and he that is near shall fall by the sword; and he that remaineth[H7604] and is besieged shall die by the famine: thus will I accomplish my wrath upon them.
M / Ezekiel 9.8 : And it came to pass, while they were smiting, and I was left[H7604], that I fell upon my face, and cried, and said, Ah Lord Jehovah! wilt thou destroy all the residue of Israel in thy pouring out of thy wrath upon Jerusalem?
M / Ezekiel 17.21 : And all his fugitives in all his bands shall fall by the sword, and they that remain[H7604] shall be scattered toward every wind: and ye shall know that I, Jehovah, have spoken it.
M / Ezekiel 36.36 : Then the nations that are left[H7604] round about you shall know that I, Jehovah, have builded the ruined places, and planted that which was desolate: I, Jehovah, have spoken it, and I will do it.
M / Daniel 10.8 : So I was left alone[H7604], and saw this great vision, and there remained[H7604] no strength in me; for my comeliness was turned in me into corruption, and I retained no strength.
M / Daniel 10.17 : For how can the servant of this my lord talk with this my lord? for as for me, straightway there remained no strength in me, neither was there breath left in me[H7604].
M / Joel 2.14 : Who knoweth whether he will not turn and repent, and leave[H7604] a blessing behind him, even a meal-offering and a drink-offering unto Jehovah your God?
M / Amos 5.3 : For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: The city that went forth a thousand shall have a hundred left[H7604], and that which went forth a hundred shall have ten left[H7604], to the house of Israel.
M / Obadiah 1.5 : If thieves came to thee, if robbers by night (how art thou cut off!), would they not steal only till they had enough? if grape-gatherers came to thee[H7604], would they not leave some gleaning grapes?
M / Zephaniah 3.12 : But I will leave[H7604] in the midst of thee an afflicted and poor people, and they shall take refuge in the name of Jehovah.
M / Haggai 2.3 : Who is left[H7604] among you that saw this house in its former glory? and how do ye see it now? is it not in your eyes as nothing?
M / Zechariah 9.7 : And I will take away his blood out of his mouth, and his abominations from between his teeth; and he also shall be a remnant[H7604] for our God; and he shall be as a chieftain in Judah, and Ekron as a Jebusite.
M / Zechariah 11.9 : Then said I, I will not feed you: that which dieth, let it die; and that which is to be cut off, let it be cut off; and let them that are left[H7604] eat every one the flesh of another.
M / Zechariah 12.14 : all the families that remain[H7604], every family apart, and their wives apart.