Thematic Bible: The evil effects of
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Polygamy » The evil effects of » Jacob's
But she said to her, "Is it a small matter that you have taken away my husband? Would you take away my son's mandrakes also?" Rachel said, "Then he may lie with you tonight in exchange for your son's mandrakes."
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So Jacob went in to Rachel also, and he loved Rachel more than Leah, and served Laban for another seven years.
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Polygamy » The evil effects of » Husband's favoritism in
"If a man has two wives, the one loved and the other unloved, and both the loved and the unloved have borne him children, and if the firstborn son belongs to the unloved, then on the day when he assigns his possessions as an inheritance to his sons, he may not treat the son of the loved as the firstborn in preference to the son of the unloved, who is the firstborn, but he shall acknowledge the firstborn, the son of the unloved, by giving him a double portion of all that he has, for he is the firstfruits of his strength. The right of the firstborn is his.
Polygamy » The evil effects of » Rehoboam's
Rehoboam loved Maacah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and concubines (he took eighteen wives and sixty concubines, and fathered twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters).
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Polygamy » The evil effects of » Elkanah's
But to Hannah he gave a double portion, because he loved her, though the LORD had closed her womb.
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