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So Abram’s wife Sarai took Hagar, her Egyptian slave, and gave her to her husband Abram as a wife for him. This happened after Abram had lived in the land of Canaan 10 years. Verse ConceptsConcubinesTen To Fourteen YearsGiving In Marriagemistress

And Abraham gave gifts to the sons of his concubines, but while he was still alive he sent them eastward, away from his son Isaac, to the land of the East. Verse ConceptsGroups Sent Away

The sons born to Keturah, Abraham’s concubine: Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.
Jokshan’s sons: Sheba and Dedan.
Verse ConceptsConcubines

After he arrived from Hebron, David took more concubines and wives from Jerusalem, and more sons and daughters were born to him. Verse ConceptsConcubinesPolygamyDavid's Wives

Then the king set out, and his entire household followed him. But he left behind 10 concubines to take care of the palace. Verse ConceptsConcubinesTen People

Caleb's concubine Ephah was the mother of Haran, Moza, and Gazez. Haran fathered Gazez. Jahdai's sons: Regem, Jotham, Geshan, Pelet, Ephah, and Shaaph. Caleb's concubine Maacah was the mother of Sheber and Tirhanah.

And Bethuel fathered Rebekah. Milcah bore these eight to Nahor, Abraham's brother. His concubine, whose name was Reumah, also bore Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah.

Rehoboam loved Maacah daughter of Absalom more than all his wives and concubines. He acquired 18 wives and 60 concubines and was the father of 28 sons and 60 daughters. Verse ConceptsConcubinesEighteenTwenty Some

However, Abijah grew strong, acquired 14 wives, and fathered 22 sons and 16 daughters. Verse ConceptsPolygamyFourteenTwenty Some

Manasseh’s sons through his Aramean concubine: Asriel and Machir the father of Gilead. Verse ConceptsConcubines


Timna, a concubine of Esau’s son Eliphaz,
bore Amalek to Eliphaz.
These were the sons of Esau’s wife Adah.
Verse ConceptsConcubines

Now Saul had a concubine whose name was Rizpah daughter of Aiah, and Ish-bosheth questioned Abner, “Why did you sleep with my father’s concubine?” Verse ConceptsConcubinesSleep, PhysicalExtra Marital Sex Examplesmistress

So Rachel gave her slave Bilhah to Jacob as a wife, and he slept with her. Verse ConceptsMarital SexMarital Sex BetweenGiving In MarriagesexBuilding Relationships

In those days, when there was no king in Israel, a Levite living in a remote part of the hill country of Ephraim acquired a woman from Bethlehem in Judah as his concubine. Verse ConceptsConcubinesKingship, HumanBethlehemNo King

His concubine who was in Shechem also bore him a son, and he named him Abimelech.

Under the influence of the wine, Belshazzar gave orders to bring in the gold and silver vessels that his predecessor Nebuchadnezzar had taken from the temple in Jerusalem, so that the king and his nobles, wives, and concubines could drink from them. Verse ConceptsPolygamySilverHoly VesselsSacred VesselsSacrilegeGold TransferredOther Wives

Those who survive him will be buried by the plague,
yet their widows will not weep for them.
Verse ConceptsWidowsActual WidowsNot Mourning

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