Thematic Bible: The evil effects of
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Polygamy » The evil effects of » Jacob's
And she said to her, Is it too little that thou hast taken my husband, that thou wilt take my son's mandrakes also? And Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie with thee to-night for thy son's mandrakes.
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And he went in also to Rachel; and he loved also Rachel more than Leah. And he served with him yet seven other years.
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Polygamy » The evil effects of » Husband's favoritism in
If a man have two wives, one beloved, and one hated, and they have borne him children, both the beloved and the hated, and the firstborn son be hers that was hated; then it shall be, in the day that he maketh his sons to inherit what he hath, that he may not make the son of the beloved firstborn before the son of the hated, who is the firstborn; but he shall acknowledge as firstborn the son of the hated, by giving him a double portion of all that is found with him; for he is the firstfruits of his vigour: the right of the firstborn is his.
Polygamy » The evil effects of » Rehoboam's
And Rehoboam loved Maachah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines; for he had taken eighteen wives and sixty concubines, and he begot twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.
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Polygamy » The evil effects of » Elkanah's
but to Hannah he used to give a double portion, for he loved Hannah; but Jehovah had shut up her womb.
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