Thematic Bible: Concubinage


Thematic Bible



And if a man sells his daughter to be a maid-servant, she shall not go out as the men-servants do. If she does not please her master, who has espoused her to himself, then he shall let her be redeemed. He shall have no power to sell her to a foreign people, since he has dealt deceitfully with her. And if he espouses her to his son, he shall deal with her according to the manner of daughters. read more.
If he takes him another [wife], her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, he shall not diminish. And if he does not do these three things to her, then she shall go out for nothing, without money.

And whoever lays carnally with a woman, who is a bondmaid, betrothed to a husband, and not at all redeemed, nor freedom given her, they shall be punished. They shall not be put to death, because she was not free. And he shall bring his trespass-offering to LORD, to the door of the tent of meeting, even a ram for a trespass-offering. And the priest shall make atonement for him with the ram of the trespass-offering before LORD for his sin which he has sinned. And the sin which he has sinned shall be forgiven him.

When thou go forth to battle against thine enemies, and LORD thy God delivers them into thy hands, and thou carry them away captive, and see among the captives a beautiful woman, and thou have a desire for her, and would take her to thee to wife, then thou shall bring her home to thy house. And she shall shave her head, and pare her nails, read more.
and she shall put the raiment of her captivity from off her, and shall remain in thy house, and bewail her father and her mother a full month. And after that thou shall go in to her, and be her husband, and she shall be thy wife. And it shall be, if thou have no delight in her, then thou shall let her go where she will, but thou shall not sell her at all for money. Thou shall not deal with her as a slave, because thou have humbled her.

And Sarai, Abram's wife, took Hagar the Egyptian, her handmaid, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to Abram her husband to be his wife. Verse ConceptsConcubinesTen To Fourteen YearsGiving In Marriagemistress

But to the sons of the concubines, that Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts. And he sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastward, to the east country. Verse ConceptsGroups Sent Away

And the sons of Keturah, Abraham's concubine: she bore Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. And the sons of Jokshan: Sheba, and Dedan. Verse ConceptsConcubines

These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brothers. And he was a lad with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives, and Joseph brought the evil Verse ConceptsThose Who Kept StockHalf brothersParents Being Wrong

And her husband arose, and went after her, to speak kindly to her, to bring her again, having his servant with him, and a couple of donkeys. And she brought him into her father's house, and when the father of the damsel saw him, he And his father-in-law, the damsel's father, retained him, and he abode with him three days. So they ate and drank, and lodged there. And it came to pass on the fourth day, that they arose early in the morning, and he rose up to depart. And the damsel's father said to his son-in-law, Strengthen thy heart with a morsel of bread, and afterward ye shall go your way.

And David took for him more concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after he came from Hebron, and there were yet sons and daughters born to David. Verse ConceptsConcubinesPolygamyDavid's Wives

And the king went forth, and all his household after him. And the king left ten women, who were concubines, to keep the house. Verse ConceptsConcubinesTen People

Therefore she said to Abraham, Cast out this handmaid and her son. For the son of this handmaid shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac. Verse ConceptsInheritance, MaterialFamilyQuarrelsOld Testament People As Typessarah

And, behold, the word of LORD came to him, saying, This man shall not be thine heir, but he who shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir. Verse ConceptsGod, Faithfulness OfAbrahamBody

And Ephah, Caleb's concubine, bore Haran, and Moza, and Gazez. And Haran begot Gazez. And the sons of Jahdai: Regem, and Jothan, and Geshan, and Pelet, and Ephah, and Shaaph. Maacah, Caleb's concubine, bore Sheber and Tirhanah.

And Bethuel begot Rebekah. These eight Milcah bore to Nahor, Abraham's brother. And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she also bore Tebah, and Gaham, and Tahash, and Maacah.

And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, mocking. Therefore she said to Abraham, Cast out this handmaid and her son. For the son of this handmaid shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac. And the thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight on account of his son. read more.
And God said to Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy handmaid. In all that Sarah says to thee, hearken to her voice. For in Isaac shall thy seed be called. And also I will make a nation of the son of the handmaid, because he is thy seed. And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread and a bottle of water, and gave it to Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away. And she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba.

And Rehoboam loved Maacah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines. For he took eighteen wives, and thirty concubines, and begot twenty-eight sons and thirty daughters. Verse ConceptsConcubinesEighteenTwenty Some

But Abijah grew mighty, and took to himself fourteen wives, and begot twenty-two sons, and sixteen daughters. Verse ConceptsPolygamyFourteenTwenty Some

The sons of Manasseh: Asriel, whom his concubine the Aramitess bore. She bore Machir the father of Gilead. Verse ConceptsConcubines


And Timna was concubine to Eliphaz Esau's son, and she bore to Eliphaz Amalek. These are the sons of Adah, Esau's wife. Verse ConceptsConcubines

Now Saul had a concubine whose name was Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah. And [Ish-bosheth] said to Abner, Why have thou gone in to my father's concubine? Verse ConceptsConcubinesSleep, PhysicalExtra Marital Sex Examplesmistress

And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife, and Jacob went in to her. Verse ConceptsMarital SexMarital Sex BetweenGiving In MarriagesexBuilding Relationships

And it came to pass in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the farther side of the hill-country of Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of Bethlehem-judah. Verse ConceptsConcubinesKingship, HumanBethlehemNo King

And his concubine who was in Shechem, she also bore him a son, and he called his name Abimelech.

Belshazzar, while he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem, that the king and his lords, his wives and his concubines, m Verse ConceptsPolygamySilverHoly VesselsSacred VesselsSacrilegeGold TransferredOther Wives