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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. Verse ConceptsConcubinesTen To Fourteen YearsGiving In Marriagemistress

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. Verse ConceptsGroups Sent Away

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. Verse ConceptsConcubines

David took more concubines and wives from Jerusalem after he came from Hebron, and more sons and daughters [were] born to him. Verse ConceptsConcubinesPolygamyDavid's Wives

The king went out with all his household {following him}, but the king left behind ten concubines to look after the house. Verse ConceptsConcubinesTen People

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.

(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.

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). Verse ConceptsConcubinesEighteenTwenty Some

But Abijah became strong, and he took to himself fourteen wives and fathered twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters. Verse ConceptsPolygamyFourteenTwenty Some

The sons of Manasseh: Asriel, whom his Aramean concubine bore; she gave birth to Makir the father of Gilead. Verse ConceptsConcubines


(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. Verse ConceptsConcubines

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?" Verse ConceptsConcubinesSleep, PhysicalExtra Marital Sex Examplesmistress

Then she gave him Bilhah, her female servant, as a wife, and Jacob went in to her Verse ConceptsMarital SexMarital Sex BetweenGiving In MarriagesexBuilding Relationships

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. Verse ConceptsConcubinesKingship, HumanBethlehemNo King

His concubine who [was] in Shechem also bore for him a son, and {he named him} Abimelech.

{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. Verse ConceptsPolygamySilverHoly VesselsSacred VesselsSacrilegeGold TransferredOther Wives

Their survivors are buried through the plague, and their widows do not weep. Verse ConceptsWidowsActual WidowsNot Mourning