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Concubinage » Laws concerning » Practiced by » Abraham
Then Sarai, Abram's wife, took Hagar her maid the Egyptian - after Abram had dwelled ten years in the land of Canaan - and gave her to her husband Abram, to be his wife.
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And unto the sons of his concubines he gave gifts, and sent them away from Isaac his son - while he yet lived - eastward, unto the east country.
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The sons of Keturah, Abraham's concubine: she bare Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbok and Shuah. The sons of Jokshan: Sheba and Dedan.
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Concubinage » Laws concerning » Practiced by » David
And David took him more concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after he was come from Hebron, and more sons and daughters were yet born to David.
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And the king and all his household departed afoot. And he left behind him ten wives that were his concubines, to keep the house.
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Concubinage » Laws concerning » Practiced by » Caleb
And Ephah, a concubine of Caleb's, bare Haran, Moza and Gazez: and Haran begat Gazez. The sons of Jahdai were: Regem, Jotham, Geshan, Pelet, Ephah and Shaaph. And Maacah, another concubine of Caleb's, bare Sheber and Tirhanah.
Concubinage » Laws concerning » Practiced by » Nahor
And Bethuel begat Rebekah. These eight did Milcah bear to Nahor, Abraham's brother. And his concubine called Reuma she bare also Tebah, Gaham, Tahash and Maacha.
Concubinage » Laws concerning » Practiced by » Rehoboam
But Rehoboam loved Maacah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and concubines for he took eighteen wives and three score concubines, and begat three score daughters and twenty eight sons.
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Concubinage » Laws concerning » Practiced by » Abijah
And Abijah waxed mighty, and took him fourteen wives, and begat twenty two sons and sixteen daughters.
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Concubinage » Laws concerning » Practiced by » Manasseh
The sons of Manasseh: Asriel which Aramea his concubine bare: she bare also Machir the father of Gilead.
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Concubinage » Laws concerning » Practiced by » Solomon
And he had seven hundred very Queens and three hundred concubines which turned always his heart.
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Concubinage » Laws concerning » Practiced by » Eliphaz
And Timna was concubine to Eliphaz, Esau's son, and bare unto Eliphaz, Amalek. And these be the sons of Adah, Esau's wife.
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Concubinage » Laws concerning » Practiced by » saul
And Saul had a concubine named Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah. And Ishbosheth said to Abner, "Wherefore liest thou with 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
It chanced in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that a certain Levite dwelling on the side of mount Ephraim, took to wife a concubine out of Bethlehem Judah:
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Concubinage » Laws concerning » Practiced by » gideon
And his concubine that dwelt in Shechem bare him a son also, whose name he called Abimelech.
Concubinage » Laws concerning » Practiced by » Belshazzar
and when he was drunken with wine, he commanded to bring him the golden and silver vessels, which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple at Jerusalem: that the king and his lords with his queen and concubines might drink thereout.
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Look, whom he leaveth behind him, they shall die and be buried, and no man shall have pity of his widows.
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