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Concubinage » Laws concerning » Practiced by » Abraham
And Sarai, Abram's wife, taketh Hagar the Egyptian, her handmaid, at the end of the tenth year of Abram's dwelling in the land of Canaan, and giveth her to Abram her husband, to him for a wife,
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and to the sons of the concubines whom Abraham hath, Abraham hath given gifts, and sendeth them away from Isaac his son (in his being yet alive) eastward, unto the east country.
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And sons of Keturah, Abraham's concubine: she bare Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. And sons of Jokshan: Sheba and Dedan.
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Concubinage » Laws concerning » Practiced by » David
And David taketh again concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after his coming from Hebron, and there are born again to David sons and daughters.
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And the king goeth out, and all his household at his feet, and the king leaveth ten women -- concubines -- to keep the house.
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Concubinage » Laws concerning » Practiced by » Caleb
And Ephah concubine of Caleb bare Haran, and Moza, and Gazez; and Haran begat Gazez. And sons of Jahdai: Regem, and Jotham, and Geshem, and Pelet, and Ephah, and Shaaph. The concubine of Caleb, Maachah, bare Sheber and Tirhanah;
Concubinage » Laws concerning » Practiced by » Nahor
and Bethuel hath begotten Rebekah;' these eight hath Milcah borne to Nahor, Abraham's brother; and his concubine, whose name is Reumah, she also hath borne Tebah, and Gaham, and Tahash, and Maachah.
Concubinage » Laws concerning » Practiced by » Rehoboam
And Rehoboam loveth Maachah daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines -- for eighteen wives he hath taken, and sixty concubines -- and he begetteth twenty and eight sons, and sixty daughters.
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Concubinage » Laws concerning » Practiced by » Abijah
And Abijah strengtheneth himself, and taketh to him fourteen wives, and begetteth twenty and two sons, and sixteen daughters,
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Concubinage » Laws concerning » Practiced by » Manasseh
Sons of Manasseh: Ashriel, whom Jaladah his Aramaean concubine bare, with Machir father of Gilead.
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Concubinage » Laws concerning » Practiced by » Solomon
And he hath women, princesses, seven hundred, and concubines three hundred; and his wives turn aside his heart.
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Concubinage » Laws concerning » Practiced by » Eliphaz
and Timnath hath been concubine to Eliphaz son of Esau, and she beareth to Eliphaz, Amalek; these are sons of Adah wife of Esau.
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Concubinage » Laws concerning » Practiced by » saul
and Saul hath a concubine, and her name is Rizpah daughter of Aiah, and Ish-Bosheth saith unto Abner, 'Wherefore hast thou gone in unto the concubine of my father?'
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Concubinage » Laws concerning » Practiced by » jacob
and she giveth to him Bilhah her maid-servant for a wife, and Jacob goeth in unto her;
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Concubinage » Laws concerning » Practiced by » A levite
And it cometh to pass, in those days, when there is no king in Israel, that there is a man a Levite, a sojourner in the sides of the hill-country of Ephraim, and he taketh to him a wife, a concubine, out of Beth-Lehem-Judah;
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Concubinage » Laws concerning » Practiced by » gideon
and his concubine, who is in Shechem, hath born to him -- even she -- a son, and he appointeth his name Abimelech.
Concubinage » Laws concerning » Practiced by » Belshazzar
Belshazzar hath said -- while tasting the wine -- to bring in the vessels of gold and of silver that Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken from the temple that is in Jerusalem, that drink with them may the king, and his great men, his wives, and his concubines.
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Polygamy » Practiced by
His remnant in death are buried, And his widows do not weep.
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