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For an unloved woman when she is married; And a handmaid who is heir to her mistress.
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Status Reveals Character
Commentators explain that the "odious woman" is one whose difficult and unlovable character becomes fully apparent after she is married. Marriage, a significant change in status, doesn't cause her negative traits but provides a new platform for them to create misery. This serves as a warning that new positions or relationships can amplify pre-existing character flaws.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Odious woman - One in whom there is nothing lovable. Marriage, which to most women is the state in which they find scope for their highest q…
19th Century
Anglican
For an odious woman when she is married— She pays off, with interest, the slights which she had formerly…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For an odious [woman], when she is married Odious for her person, her ugliness, and the deformity of her body; or rather …
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