Thematic Bible: The evil effects of
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Polygamy » The evil effects of » Jacob's
And she said unto her, Is it a small matter that thou hast taken my husband? and wouldest thou take away 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 unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and 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 another hated, and they have born him children, both the beloved and the hated; and if the firstborn son be hers that was hated: Then it shall be, when he maketh his sons to inherit that which he hath, that he may not make the son of the beloved firstborn before the son of the hated, which is indeed the firstborn: But he shall acknowledge the son of the hated for the firstborn, by giving him a double portion of all that he hath: for he is the beginning of his strength; 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 took eighteen wives, and threescore concubines; and begat twenty and eight sons, and threescore daughters.)
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Polygamy » The evil effects of » Elkanah's
But unto Hannah he gave a worthy portion; for he loved Hannah: but the LORD had shut up her womb.
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