6 occurrences

'Wives' in the Bible

and they took their daughters for themselves as wives, and gave their own daughters to their sons, and served their gods.

Now Gideon had seventy sons who were his direct descendants, for he had many wives.

Verse ConceptsPolygamySeventiesgideon

What shall we do for wives for those who are left, since we have sworn by the Lord not to give them any of our daughters in marriage?”

Verse ConceptsWives For Benjamin

Then the elders of the congregation said, “What shall we do for wives for those who are left, since the women are destroyed out of Benjamin?”

Verse Conceptselders, as community leadersWives For Benjamin

But we cannot give them wives of our daughters.” For the sons of Israel had sworn, saying, “Cursed is he who gives a wife to Benjamin.”

Verse ConceptsCursing The Ungodly

The sons of Benjamin did so, and took wives according to their number from those who danced, whom they carried away. And they went and returned to their inheritance and rebuilt the cities and lived in them.

Verse ConceptsGroups going home

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נשׁין 
Nashiyn (Aramaic) 
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