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If a man marries a woman, but she becomes displeasing to him because he finds some indecency in her, he may write her a certificate of divorce, hand it to her, and send her away from his house.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
When a man takes a wife, and marries her, then it shall be, if she find no favor in his eyes, because he has found some unseemly thing in her, that he shall write her a bill of divorce, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house.
World English Bible (WEB)
When a man{H376} hath taken{H3947}{(H8799)} a wife{H802}, and married{H1166}{(H8804)} her, and it come to pass that she find{H4672}{(H8799)} no favour{H2580} in his eyes{H5869}, because he hath found{H4672}{(H8804)} some{H1697} uncleanness{H6172} in her: then let him write{H3789}{(H8804)} her a bill{H5612} of divorcement{H3748}, and give{H5414}{(H8804)} it in her hand{H3027}, and send{H7971}{(H8765)} her out of his house{H1004}.
Strong's King James
When a man doth take a wife, and hath married her, and it hath been, if she doth not find grace in his eyes (for he hath found in her nakedness of anything), and he hath written for her a writing of divorce, and given it into her hand, and sent her out of his house,
Young's Literal Translation
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