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Concubinage » Laws concerning » Practiced by » Abraham
And Sarai, Abram's wife, took Hagar, her maid the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife.
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But unto the sons of the concubines, which Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts and sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastward, unto the east country.
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Now the sons of Keturah, Abraham's concubine: she gave birth to Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. The sons of Jokshan: Sheba and Dedan.
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Concubinage » Laws concerning » Practiced by » David
And David took more concubines and wives out of Jerusalem after he had come from Hebron, and more sons and daughters were born unto David.
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And the king went forth and all his household after him. And the king left ten women, who were concubines, to keep the house.
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Concubinage » Laws concerning » Practiced by » Caleb
And Ephah, Caleb's concubine, gave birth to Haran, Moza, and Gazez unto him, and Haran begat Gazez. And the sons of Jahdai: Regem, Jotham, Geshan, Pelet, Ephah, and Shaaph. Maachah, Caleb's concubine, gave birth to Sheber and Tirhanah unto him.
Concubinage » Laws concerning » Practiced by » Nahor
And Bethuel begat Rebekah. Milcah gave birth to these eight unto Nahor, Abraham's brother. And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, also gave birth to Tebah and Gaham and Thahash and Maachah.
Concubinage » Laws concerning » Practiced by » Rehoboam
But Rehoboam loved Maachah, the daughter of Absalom, above all his wives and his concubines (for he took eighteen wives and sixty concubines and begat twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.)
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Concubinage » Laws concerning » Practiced by » Abijah
But Abijah waxed mighty and married fourteen wives, and begat twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters.
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Concubinage » Laws concerning » Practiced by » Manasseh
The sons of Manasseh: Ashriel, whom his concubine, the Aramitess, gave birth unto him; she also gave birth to Machir, the father of Gilead.
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Concubinage » Laws concerning » Practiced by » Solomon
And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines; and his wives turned away his heart.
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Concubinage » Laws concerning » Practiced by » Eliphaz
And Timna was concubine to Eliphaz, Esau's son, and she bore to Eliphaz Amalek: these are the sons of Adah, Esau's wife.
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Concubinage » Laws concerning » Practiced by » saul
And Saul had a concubine, whose name was Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah. And Ishbosheth said to Abner, Why hast thou gone in unto my father's concubine?
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Concubinage » Laws concerning » Practiced by » jacob
And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife; and Jacob went in unto her.
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Concubinage » Laws concerning » Practiced by » A levite
In those days when there was no king in Israel, there was a certain Levite sojourning on the side of Mount Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of Bethlehem of Judah.
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Concubinage » Laws concerning » Practiced by » gideon
And his concubine that was in Shechem, she also bore him a son, whose name he called Abimelech.
Concubinage » Laws concerning » Practiced by » Belshazzar
Belshazzar, under the influence of the wine, commanded that they bring the vessels of gold and of silver which Nebuchadnezzar his father had brought from the temple of Jerusalem; that the king and his princes, his wives and his concubines, might drink with them.
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Polygamy » Practiced by
Those that remain of him shall be buried in death; and their widows shall not weep.
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