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Concubinage » Laws concerning » Practiced by » Abraham
Then Sarai, the wife of Abram, took Hagar, her Egyptian servant, after Abram had lived ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to Abram her husband as his wife.
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But to the sons of Abraham's concubines Abraham gave gifts. And while he [was] still living he sent them away eastward, [away] from his son Isaac, to the land of the east.
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And the sons of Keturah, Abraham's concubine: she gave birth to Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. And the sons of Jokshan: Sheba and Dedan.
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Concubinage » Laws concerning » Practiced by » David
David took more concubines and wives from Jerusalem after he came from Hebron, and more sons and daughters [were] born to him.
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The king went out with all his household {following him}, but the king left behind ten concubines to look after the house.
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Concubinage » Laws concerning » Practiced by » Caleb
And Ephah, the concubine of Caleb, gave birth to Haran, Moza, and Gazez. And Haran fathered Gazez. And the sons of Jahdai [were] Regem, Jotham, Geshan, Pelet, Ephah, and Shaaph. Maacah, the concubine of Caleb, gave birth to Sheber and Tirhanah.
Concubinage » Laws concerning » Practiced by » Nahor
(Now, Bethuel fathered Rebekah). These eight Milcah bore to Nahor, the brother of Abraham. And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, also bore Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah.
Concubinage » Laws concerning » Practiced by » Rehoboam
And Rehoboam loved Maacah the daughter of Absalom more than all his wives and concubines (for he took eighteen wives and sixty concubines, and he fathered twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters).
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Concubinage » Laws concerning » Practiced by » Abijah
But Abijah became strong, and he took to himself fourteen wives and fathered twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters.
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Concubinage » Laws concerning » Practiced by » Manasseh
The sons of Manasseh: Asriel, whom his Aramean concubine bore; she gave birth to Makir the father of Gilead.
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Concubinage » Laws concerning » Practiced by » Solomon
He had seven hundred princesses and three hundred concubines, and his wives turned his heart.
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Concubinage » Laws concerning » Practiced by » Eliphaz
(Now Timnah was the concubine of Eliphaz, the son of Esau. And she bore Amalek to Eliphaz.) These [are] the sons of Adah, the wife of Esau.
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Concubinage » Laws concerning » Practiced by » saul
Saul had had a concubine, and her name [was] Rizpah the daughter of Aiah. Then [Ish-Bosheth] said to Abner, "Why {did you have sex with} my father's concubine?"
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Concubinage » Laws concerning » Practiced by » jacob
Then she gave him Bilhah, her female servant, as a wife, and Jacob went in to her
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Concubinage » Laws concerning » Practiced by » A levite
In those days there was no king in Israel; there was a man, a Levite, who dwelled as a foreigner in the remote areas of the hill country of Ephraim. And he took for himself a concubine from Bethlehem in Judah.
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Concubinage » Laws concerning » Practiced by » gideon
His concubine who [was] in Shechem also bore for him a son, and {he named him} Abimelech.
Concubinage » Laws concerning » Practiced by » Belshazzar
{When he tasted the wine}, Belshazzar commanded [that they] bring [the] vessels of gold and silver that Nebuchadnezzar his {predecessor} had taken from the temple that [was] in Jerusalem, so that the king and his lords, his wives and his concubines may drink from them.
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Polygamy » Practiced by
Their survivors are buried through the plague, and their widows do not weep.
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