Adam and Eve—Genesis 2 and 3
God charged Adam and Eve to name the animals, be fruitful and multiply, but not to eat the fruit of the tree of knowledge. No apples.

Noah and Naama—Genesis 6-8
Noah, Naama, and their family were spared when God, despairing of the wickedness in the world, sent a great flood. The family spent 40 rainy days in a large boat with two of every kind of animal on earth.

Abram and Sarah—Genesis 17
God had promised Abram and Sarah, despite their advanced years, that Sarah would "conceive and bear a son." Sarah laughed.

Isaac and Rebekah—Genesis 22-24
Isaac married Rebekah late in life, after his mother Sarah passed away. They were an interesting couple. When Isaac was 12 years old God tested Abraham by telling him to take Isaac to a mountaintop and sacrifice him. Isaac was spared. And Rebekah gave birth to fraternal twins: Jacob and Esau. She favored Jacob.

Abram and Hagar—Genesis 16 and 21
Thirteen years before Sarah gave birth to her son Isaac she had given Hagar, her servant, to Abram, because of her inability to conceive a child. Hagar and Abram’s son Ishmael became the ancestor of the Arab nations.

Leah and Jacob—Genesis 27-29
With his mother Rebekah’s assistance, Jacob stole the birthright that belonged to his older twin, Esau and fled to the land owned by Laban. There Jacob fell in love with Laban’s daughter Rachel, and worked for Laban seven years in exchange for Rachel’s hand in marriage.

Samson and Delilah—Judges 14 and 16
Samson, the strong-armed hero of Israel, continually frustrated his foes with feats of strength, military prowess, and apparently, riddles.

David and Bathsheba—2 Samuel 11-12
David, king of Israel, saw Bathsheba and sent for her despite the fact that she was married to a great war hero, Uriah. He had Uriah killed in battle and subsequently married Bathsheba. The prophet Nathan revealed to David, in a story, God’s displeasure.

Solomon’s Wife—1 Kings 11:1-13
Solomon amassed 600 wives and 300 concubines, displeasing God, and one would think, complicating his life.

Ruth and Naomi; Ruth and Boaz—Ruth 1-3
Ruth was the daughter-in-law of Naomi, an Israelite woman, living in Ruth’s homeland of Moab. When both of their husbands died, Naomi moved back to Israel. Ruth insisted on coming with her. The women were befriended by Boaz, a man Naomi thought was good husband material.

Gomer and Hosea—Hosea 1-3
The prophet Hosea was commanded by God to marry Gomer, a prostitute. They were to have children and were even instructed what to name them. Their relationship was a symbol of God’s relationship with his chosen people.

Mary and Joseph—Luke 2
Mary, the mother of Jesus, and Joseph, her betrothed, traveled to Bethlehem, the town of his birth, to be registered. She was nine months pregnant.

Jesus and Mary, his mother—John 2
Jesus, Mary, and several of his new disciples were invited to a wedding in Cana. When the host ran out of wine, Mary asked Jesus to "help out." Turning water into wine was Jesus’ first miracle and signified the beginning of his public ministry.