Thematic Bible: Taken in concubinage


Thematic Bible



And Abram said, The woman is in your power; do with her whatever seems good to you. And Sarai was cruel to her, so that she went running away from her. Verse ConceptsAbuse Of Authority, Examples OfMastersOppression, Nature OfSuffering, Causes OfEmployers, Bad ExamplesGiven Into One's HandsLeaving People Alonemistress

Now Sarai, Abram's wife, had given him no children; and she had a servant, a woman of Egypt whose name was Hagar. And Sarai said to Abram, See, the Lord has not let me have children; go in to my servant, for I may get a family through her. And Abram did as Sarai said.

Then she said, Here is my servant Bilhah, go in to her, so that she may have a child on my knees, and I may have a family by her. Verse ConceptsKneelingMaidsMarital SexKneesMarital Sex Between

When it was clear to Leah that she would have no more children for a time, she gave Zilpah, her servant, to Jacob as a wife. Verse ConceptsConcubinesCessationGiving In Marriage

Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain