Thematic Bible: The evil effects of
Thematic Bible
Polygamy » The evil effects of » Jacob's
And she said unto her, Is it a small matter that thou hast taken my husband and would thou take away my son's mandrakes also? And Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie with thee to night for thy son's mandrakes.
And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah and served with him yet another seven years.
Polygamy » The evil effects of » Husband's favoritism in
When a man has two wives, one beloved and the other hated, and they have born him sons, both the beloved and the hated; and if the firstborn son is of the one that was hated, then it shall be, when he makes his sons to inherit that which he has, that he may not give the right of the firstborn unto the son of the beloved in preference over the son of the hated, who is indeed the firstborn; but he shall acknowledge the son of the hated as the firstborn by giving him a double portion of all that he has; for he is the beginning of his strength; the right of the firstborn is his.
Polygamy » The evil effects of » Rehoboam's
But Rehoboam loved Maachah, the daughter of Absalom, above all his wives and his concubines (for he took eighteen wives and sixty concubines and begat twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.)
Polygamy » The evil effects of » Elkanah's
But unto Hannah he would give a worthy portion; for he loved Hannah, even though the LORD had shut up her womb.