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Hadad reaches Egypt, gains land and favor, marries Tahpenes’s sister, and raises Genubath in Pharaoh’s household.
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1 Kings 11:18-20

Hadad grows in Pharaoh’s house

Solomon’s Divided Allegiance · 1 Kings 11

Story guide: Hadad settles in Egypt with a house, food, and land, then marries into Pharaoh's family and sees his son Genubath raised at court.

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18They set out from Midian and came to Paran, where they took some men with them. Then they came to Egypt, to Pharaoh king of Egypt. Pharaoh gave Hadad a house, ordered that he be supplied with food, and gave him land.

19Hadad found great favor with Pharaoh, who gave him in marriage the sister of his own wife, Queen Tahpenes.

20Tahpenes’s sister bore Hadad a son, Genubath. Tahpenes weaned him in Pharaoh’s palace, and Genubath lived in Pharaoh’s household among Pharaoh’s sons.

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