Bible verses about "polygamy" | YLT

⁹ And Leah seeth that she hath ceased from bearing, and she taketh Zilpah her maid-servant, and giveth her to Jacob for a wife;

⁴ and she giveth to him Bilhah her maid-servant for a wife, and Jacob goeth in unto her;

¹ And Miriam speaketh—Aaron also—against Moses concerning the circumstance of the Cushite woman whom he had taken: for a Cushite woman he had taken;

⁵ `When brethren dwell together, and one of them hath died, and hath no son, the wife of the dead is not without to a strange man; her husband's brother doth go in unto her, and hath taken her to him for a wife, and doth perform the duty of her husband's brother; <sup>6</sup> and it hath been, the first-born which she beareth doth rise for the name of his dead brother, and his name is not wiped away out of Israel. <sup>7</sup> `And if the man doth not delight to take his brother's wife, then hath his brother's wife gone up to the gate, unto the elders, and said, My husband's brother is refusing to raise up to his brother a name in Israel; he hath not been willing to perform the duty of my husband's brother; ⁸ and the elders of his city have called for him, and spoken unto him, and he hath stood and said, I have no desire to take her; ⁹ `Then hath his brother's wife drawn nigh unto him, before the eyes of the elders, and drawn his shoe from off his foot, and spat in his face, and answered and said, Thus it is done to the man who doth not build up the house of his brother; ¹⁰ and his name hath been called in Israel—The house of him whose shoe is drawn off.

¹⁴ `When thou comest in unto the land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee, and hast possessed it, and dwelt in it, and thou hast said, Let me set over me a king like all the nations which are round about me, — <sup>15</sup> thou dost certainly set over thee a king on whom Jehovah doth fix; from the midst of thy brethren thou dost set over thee a king; thou art not able to set over thee a stranger, who is not thy brother. <sup>16</sup> `Only, he doth not multiply to himself horses, nor cause the people to turn back to Egypt, so as to multiply horses, seeing Jehovah hath said to you, Ye do not add to turn back in this way any more. ¹⁷ And he doth not multiply to himself wives, and his heart doth not turn aside, and silver and gold he doth not multiply to himself—exceedingly. ¹⁸ `And it hath been, when he sitteth on the throne of his kingdom, that he hath written for himself the copy of this law, on a book, from that before the priests the Levites, ¹⁹ and it hath been with him, and he hath read in it all days of his life, so that he doth learn to fear Jehovah his God, to keep all the words of this law, and these statutes, to do them; ²⁰ so that his heart is not high above his brethren, and so as not to turn aside from the command, right or left, so that he prolongeth days over his kingdom, he and his sons, in the midst of Israel.

¹ And there is a certain man of Ramathaim-Zophim, of the hill-country of Ephraim, and his name is Elkanah, son of Jeroham, son of Elihu, son of Tohu, son of Zuph, and Ephrathite, ² and he hath two wives, the name of the one is Hannah, and the name of the second Peninnah, and Peninnah hath children, and Hannah hath no children.

¹³ And David taketh again concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after his coming from Hebron, and there are born again to David sons and daughters.

¹ And king Solomon hath loved many strange women, and the daughter of Pharaoh, females of Moab, Ammon, Edom, Zidon, and of the Hittites, ² of the nations of which Jehovah said unto the sons of Israel, `Ye do not go in to them, and they do not go in to you; surely they turn aside your heart after their gods;' to them hath Solomon cleaved for love. ³ And he hath women, princesses, seven hundred, and concubines three hundred; and his wives turn aside his heart. ⁴ And it cometh to pass, at the time of the old age of Solomon, his wives have turned aside his heart after other gods, and his heart hath not been perfect with Jehovah his God, like the heart of David his father.

⁵ And to Ashhur father of Tekoa were two wives, Helah and Naarah;

³ And Jehoiada taketh for him two wives, and he begetteth sons and daughters.

⁸ Sixty are queens, and eighty concubines, And virgins without number.

¹ And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying, `Son of man, ² Two women were daughters of one mother, ³ And they go a-whoring in Egypt, In their youth they have gone a-whoring, There they have bruised their breasts, And there they have dealt with the loves of their virginity. ⁴ And their names are Aholah the elder, And Aholibah her sister, And they are Mine, and bear sons and daughters. As to their names—Samaria is Aholah, And Jerusalem is Aholibah.

¹ And concerning the things of which ye wrote to me: good it is for a man not to touch a woman, ² and because of the whoredom let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her proper husband; ³ to the wife let the husband the due benevolence render, and in like manner also the wife to the husband; ⁴ the wife over her own body hath not authority, but the husband; and, in like manner also, the husband over his own body hath not authority, but the wife. ⁵ Defraud not one another, except by consent for a time, that ye may be free for fasting and prayer, and again may come together, that the Adversary may not tempt you because of your incontinence;

⁵ For this cause left I thee in Crete, that the things lacking thou mayest arrange, and mayest set down in every city elders, as I did appoint to thee;
⁶ if any one is blameless, of one wife a husband, having children stedfast, not under accusation of riotous living or insubordinate— ⁷ for it behoveth the overseer to be blameless, as God's steward, not self-pleased, nor irascible, not given to wine, not a striker, not given to filthy lucre; ⁸ but a lover of strangers, a lover of good men, sober-minded, righteous, kind, self-controlled,

¹⁹ And Lamech taketh to himself two wives, the name of the one Adah, and the name of the second Zillah.

³⁰ and to Gideon there have been seventy sons, coming out of his loin, for he had many wives;

¹ And these were sons of David, who were born to him in Hebron: the first-born Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; second Daniel, of Abigail the Carmelitess; ² the third Absalom, son of Maachah daughter of Talmai king of Geshur; the fourth Adonijah, son of Haggith; ³ the fifth Shephatiah, of Abital; the sixth Ithream, of Eglah his wife. ⁴ Six have been borne to him in Hebron, and he reigneth there seven years and six months, and thirty and three years he hath reigned in Jerusalem. ⁵ And these were born to him in Jerusalem: Shimea, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon—four, of Bath-Sheba daughter of Ammiel: ⁶ also Ibhar, and Elishama, and Eliphelet, ⁷ and Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia, ⁸ and Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphelet, nine. ⁹ All are sons of David, apart from sons of the concubines, and Tamar their sister.

²¹ And Abijah strengtheneth himself, and taketh to him fourteen wives, and begetteth twenty and two sons, and sixteen daughters,

²¹ And Rehoboam loveth Maachah daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines—for eighteen wives he hath taken, and sixty concubines—and he begetteth twenty and eight sons, and sixty daughters.

⁸ and I give to thee the house of thy lord, and the wives of thy lord, into thy bosom, and I give to thee the house of Israel and of Judah; and if little, then I add to thee such and such things .

¹⁵ `When a man hath two wives, the one loved and the other hated, and they have borne to him sons (the loved one and the hated one), and the first-born son hath been to the hated one; ¹⁶ then it hath been, in the day of his causing his sons to inherit that which he hath, he is not able to declare first-born the son of the loved one, in the face of the son of the hated one—the first-born. ¹⁷ But the first-born, son of the hated one, he doth acknowledge, to give to him a double portion of all that is found with him, for he is the beginning of his strength; to him is the right of the first-born.

¹ A son of seven years is Joash in his reigning, and forty years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother is Zibiah of Beer-Sheba. ² And Joash doth that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah all the days of Jehoiada the priest. ³ And Jehoiada taketh for him two wives, and he begetteth sons and daughters.

¹ And taken hold have seven women on one man, In that day, saying, `Our own bread we do eat, And our own raiment we put on, Only, let thy name be called over us, Remove thou our reproach.'

¹ `Then shall the reign of the heavens be likened to ten virgins, who, having taken their lamps, went forth to meet the bridegroom; <sup>2</sup> and five of them were prudent, and five foolish; <sup>3</sup> they who were foolish having taken their lamps, did not take with themselves oil; <sup>4</sup> and the prudent took oil in their vessels, with their lamps. <sup>5</sup> `And the bridegroom tarrying, they all nodded and were sleeping, ⁶ and in the middle of the night a cry was made, Lo, the bridegroom doth come; go ye forth to meet him. ⁷ `Then rose all those virgins, and trimmed their lamps, <sup>8</sup> and the foolish said to the prudent, Give us of your oil, because our lamps are going out; <sup>9</sup> and the prudent answered, saying—Lest there may not be sufficient for us and you, go ye rather unto those selling, and buy for yourselves. <sup>10</sup> `And while they are going away to buy, the bridegroom came, and those ready went in with him to the marriage-feasts, and the door was shut; ¹¹ and afterwards come also do the rest of the virgins, saying, Sir, sir, open to us; ¹² and he answering said, Verily I say to you, I have not known you. ¹³ `Watch therefore, for ye have not known the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man doth come.
<sup>14</sup> `For—as a man going abroad did call his own servants, and did deliver to them his substance, ¹⁵ and to one he gave five talents, and to another two, and to another one, to each according to his several ability, went abroad immediately. ¹⁶ `And he who did receive the five talents, having gone, wrought with them, and made other five talents; <sup>17</sup> in like manner also he who received the two, he gained, also he, other two; <sup>18</sup> and he who did receive the one, having gone away, digged in the earth, and hid his lord's money. <sup>19</sup> `And after a long time cometh the lord of those servants, and taketh reckoning with them; ²⁰ and he who did receive the five talents having come, brought other five talents, saying, `Sir, five talents thou didst deliver to me; lo, other five talents did I gain besides them. <sup>21</sup> `And his lord said to him, Well done, servant, good and faithful, over a few things thou wast faithful, over many things I will set thee; enter into the joy of thy lord. ²² `And he who also did receive the two talents having come, said, Sir, two talents thou didst deliver to me; lo, other two talents I did gain besides them. <sup>23</sup> `His lord said to him, Well done, servant, good and faithful, over a few things thou wast faithful, over many things I will set thee; enter into the joy of thy lord. ²⁴ `And he also who hath received the one talent having come, said, Sir, I knew thee, that thou art a hard man, reaping where thou didst not sow, and gathering from whence thou didst not scatter; <sup>25</sup> and having been afraid, having gone away, I hid thy talent in the earth; lo, thou hast thine own! <sup>26</sup> `And his lord answering said to him, Evil servant, and slothful, thou hadst known that I reap where I did not sow, and I gather whence I did not scatter! ²⁷ it behoved thee then to put my money to the money-lenders, and having come I had received mine own with increase. ²⁸ `Take therefore from him the talent, and give to him having the ten talents, <sup>29</sup> for to every one having shall be given, and he shall have overabundance, and from him who is not having, even that which he hath shall be taken from him; <sup>30</sup> and the unprofitable servant cast ye forth to the outer darkness; there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of the teeth.
<sup>31</sup> `And whenever the Son of Man may come in his glory, and all the holy messengers with him, then he shall sit upon a throne of his glory; ³² and gathered together before him shall be all the nations, and he shall separate them from one another, as the shepherd doth separate the sheep from the goats, ³³ and he shall set the sheep indeed on his right hand, and the goats on the left. ³⁴ `Then shall the king say to those on his right hand, Come ye, the blessed of my Father, inherit the reign that hath been prepared for you from the foundation of the world; <sup>35</sup> for I did hunger, and ye gave me to eat; I did thirst, and ye gave me to drink; I was a stranger, and ye received me; <sup>36</sup> naked, and ye put around me; I was infirm, and ye looked after me; in prison I was, and ye came unto me. <sup>37</sup> `Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when did we see thee hungering, and we nourished? or thirsting, and we gave to drink? ³⁸ and when did we see thee a stranger, and we received? or naked, and we put around? ³⁹ and when did we see thee infirm, or in prison, and we came unto thee? ⁴⁰ `And the king answering, shall say to them, Verily I say to you, Inasmuch as ye did it to one of these my brethren—the least—to me ye did it . <sup>41</sup> Then shall he say also to those on the left hand, Go ye from me, the cursed, to the fire, the age-during, that hath been prepared for the Devil and his messengers; <sup>42</sup> for I did hunger, and ye gave me not to eat; I did thirst, and ye gave me not to drink; <sup>43</sup> a stranger I was, and ye did not receive me; naked, and ye put not around me; infirm, and in prison, and ye did not look after me. <sup>44</sup> `Then shall they answer, they also, saying, Lord, when did we see thee hungering, or thirsting, or a stranger, or naked, or infirm, or in prison, and we did not minister to thee? ⁴⁵ `Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say to you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of these, the least, ye did it not to me. ⁴⁶ And these shall go away to punishment age-during, but the righteous to life age-during.'

¹⁰ `If another woman he take for him, her food, her covering, and her habitation, he doth not withdraw;