'Wives' in the Bible

The Israelites took their daughters as wives for themselves, gave their own daughters to their sons, and worshiped their gods.

Gideon had 70 sons, his own offspring, since he had many wives.

and had 30 sons. He gave his 30 daughters in marriage to men outside the tribe and brought back 30 wives for his sons from outside the tribe. Ibzan judged Israel seven years,

What should we do about wives for the survivors? We’ve sworn to the Lord not to give them any of our daughters as wives.”

The elders of the congregation said, “What should we do about wives for those who are left, since the women of Benjamin have been destroyed?”

But we can’t give them our daughters as wives.” For the Israelites had sworn, “Anyone who gives a wife to a Benjaminite is cursed.”

When their fathers or brothers come to us and protest, we will tell them, ‘Show favor to them, since we did not get enough wives for each of them in the battle. You didn’t actually give the women to them, so you are not guilty of breaking your oath.’”