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Thematic Bible: Concubinage


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Exodus 21:7-11
When a man sells his daughter into slavery, she will not go free the way male slaves do. If she does not please the master who has chosen her as a wife, he must let her be bought back by one of her close relatives. He has no right to sell her to foreigners, since he has treated her unfairly. If a man buys a female slave to give to his son, he should treat her like a daughter. read more.
If a man takes a second wife, he must continue to give his first wife the same amount of food and clothing and the same rights that she had before. If he fails to do any of these things, she should be given her freedom without cost.

Leviticus 19:20-22
If a man has sexual intercourse with a female slave who is engaged to another man and if her freedom was never bought or given to her, they should not be put to death. He will only pay a fine because she is a slave. He must bring a ram for his guilt offering to Jehovah at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. In Jehovah's presence the priest will use them to pay compensation for the wrongdoing and make peace with Jehovah for this sin. The man will be forgiven for this sin.

Deuteronomy 21:10-14
When you go to war with your enemies and Jehovah your God hands them over to you, you may take them captive. If you see a beautiful woman among the captives and your heart is set on her, you may marry her. Take her to your home. She should shave her head and cut her nails. read more.
She should no longer wear the clothes she was wearing when you captured her. She may live in your house and mourn the loss of her father and mother for one month. After that you may marry her. Later if you are not happy with the woman you may divorce her. She may go free. But you have slept with her as your wife, so you cannot sell her as a slave or make her into your own slave.

Genesis 16:3
After Abram lived in Canaan ten years, Sarai, his wife, gave her Egyptian maidservant Hagar to her husband to be his wife. Verse ConceptsConcubinesTen To Fourteen YearsGiving In Marriagemistress

Genesis 25:6
While Abraham was still alive, he gave gifts to the sons of Hagar and Keturah. He also sent their sons to live in the east far from his son Isaac. Verse ConceptsGroups Sent Away

1 Chronicles 1:32
The sons born to Keturah, Abraham's concubine: Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak and Shuah. The sons of Jokshan: Sheba and Dedan. Verse ConceptsConcubines

Genesis 37:2
This is the story of Jacob and his descendants. Joseph was a seventeen-year-old young man. He took care of the flocks with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's wives. Joseph told his father about the bad things his brothers were doing. Verse ConceptsThose Who Kept StockHalf brothersParents Being Wrong

Judges 19:3-5
The man went after her to persuade her to return. He took his servant and two donkeys with him. The woman invited the Levite into the house, and when her father saw him, he gave him a friendly greeting. The young woman's father insisted that he stay. So he stayed for three days. The couple had their meals and spent the nights there. The morning of the fourth day they woke up early and prepared to go. But the woman's father said to the Levite: Eat first. You will feel better. You can go later.

2 Samuel 5:13
David left Hebron and moved to Jerusalem. He married many women from Jerusalem, and he had a lot of children. Verse ConceptsConcubinesPolygamyDavid's Wives

2 Samuel 15:16
The king left on foot. His whole household followed him. The king left ten concubines behind to take care of the palace. Verse ConceptsConcubinesTen People

Genesis 21:10
She said to Abraham: Get rid of that slave woman and her son. Verse ConceptsInheritance, MaterialFamilyQuarrelsOld Testament People As Typessarah

Genesis 15:4
The word of Jehovah came to him: This man shall not be your heir. No one but your very own issue shall be your heir. Verse ConceptsGod, Faithfulness OfAbrahamBody

1 Chronicles 2:46-48
Caleb's concubine Ephah was the mother of Haran, Moza and Gazez. Haran was the father of Gazez. The sons of Jahdai: Regem, Jotham, Geshan, Pelet, Ephah and Shaaph. Caleb's concubine Maacah was the mother of Sheber and Tirhanah.

Genesis 22:23-24
Bethuel became the father of Rebekah. These are the eight children Milcah bore to Nahor, Abraham's brother. His concubine, Reumah, also bore Tebah and Gaham and Tahash and Maacah.

Genesis 21:9-14
Sarah saw that the son whom Hagar the Egyptian had borne to Abraham was laughing in mockery. She said to Abraham: Get rid of that slave woman and her son. This upset Abraham because of his son Ishmael. read more.
God said to Abraham: Do not be upset about the boy and your slave. Listen to what Sarah says, because through Isaac your descendants will carry on your name. I will make the slave's son into a nation also, because he is your child. Early the next morning Abraham took bread and a container of water and gave them to Hagar, putting them on her shoulder. He also gave her the boy and sent her on her way. So she left and wandered around in the desert near Beer-sheba.

2 Chronicles 11:21
Rehoboam loved Maacah, Absalom's granddaughter, more than all his other wives and concubines. He had eighteen wives and sixty concubines. He fathered twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters. Verse ConceptsConcubinesEighteenTwenty Some

2 Chronicles 13:21
Abijah became strong. He married fourteen wives and fathered twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters. Verse ConceptsPolygamyFourteenTwenty Some

1 Chronicles 7:14
The descendants of Manasseh: Asriel was his descendant through his Aramean concubine. She gave birth to Makir the father of Gilead. Verse ConceptsConcubines

1 Kings 11:3
He had seven hundred wives, daughters of kings, and three hundred other wives. His wives influenced his heart to turn away. Verse ConceptsConcubinesGuidance, Need For God'sSin, Causes OfBad ExampleThree To Four HundredSeven To Nine HundredCausing People To TurnThree Hundred And Aboverehabilitationmistressgirlfriends

Genesis 36:12
Timna was the concubine of Eliphaz, Esau's son, and she bore Amalek to Eliphaz. These were the sons of Adah, Esau's wife. Verse ConceptsConcubines

2 Samuel 3:7
Saul had a concubine named Rizpah. She was Aiah's daughter. Ishbosheth asked Abner: Why did you have sex with my father's concubine? Verse ConceptsConcubinesSleep, PhysicalExtra Marital Sex Examplesmistress

Genesis 30:4
Then Rachel let Jacob marry Bilhah. Jacob slept with Bilhah. Verse ConceptsMarital SexMarital Sex BetweenGiving In MarriagesexBuilding Relationships

Judges 19:1
There was still no king in Israel. There was a Levite who lived in the remote area of Mount Ephraim. He took for himself a concubine from Bethlehem in Judah. Verse ConceptsConcubinesKingship, HumanBethlehemNo King

Judges 8:31
He also kept a concubine in Shechem. She bore him a son, and he named him Abimelech.

Daniel 5:2
While he tasted the wine, Belshazzar commanded to bring the gold and silver vessels which Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken out of the Temple in Jerusalem. This way the king and his lords, his wives and his concubines, might drink from them. Verse ConceptsPolygamySilverHoly VesselsSacred VesselsSacrilegeGold TransferredOther Wives

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