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Genesis 4:19And Lamech taketh to himself two wives, the name of the one Adah, and the name of the second Zillah.Genesis 26:34And Esau is a son of forty years, and he taketh a wife, Judith, daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath, daughter of Elon the Hittite,Genesis 28:9and Esau goeth unto Ishmael, and taketh Mahalath, daughter of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, sister of Nebajoth, unto his wives, to himself, for a wife.Genesis 29:30And he goeth in also unto Rachel, and he also loveth Rachel more than Leah; and he serveth with him yet seven other years.Genesis 29:31And Jehovah seeth that Leah is the hated one, and He openeth her womb, and Rachel is barren;Genesis 29:32and Leah conceiveth, and beareth a son, and calleth his name Reuben, for she said, ‘Because Jehovah hath looked on mine affliction; because now doth my husband love me.’Genesis 29:33And she conceiveth again, and beareth a son, and saith, ‘Because Jehovah hath heard that I am the hated one, He also giveth to me even this one;’ and she calleth his name Simeon.Genesis 29:34And she conceiveth again, and beareth a son, and saith, ‘Now is the time, my husband is joined unto me, because I have born to him three sons,’ therefore hath one called his name Levi.Genesis 30:1And Rachel seeth that she hath not borne to Jacob, and Rachel is envious of her sister, and saith unto Jacob, ‘Give me sons, and if there is none—I die.’Genesis 30:2And Jacob’s anger burneth against Rachel, and he saith, ‘Am I in stead of God who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?’Genesis 30:3And she saith, ‘Lo, my handmaid Bilhah, go in unto her, and she doth bear on my knees, and I am built up, even I, from her;’Genesis 30:4and she giveth to him Bilhah her maid-servant for a wife, and Jacob goeth in unto her;Genesis 30:5and Bilhah conceiveth, and beareth to Jacob a son,Genesis 30:6and Rachel saith, ‘God hath decided for me, and also hath hearkened to my voice, and giveth to me a son;’ therefore hath she called his name Dan.Genesis 30:7And Bilhah, Rachel’s maid-servant, conceiveth again, and beareth a second son to Jacob,Genesis 30:8and Rachel saith, ‘With wrestlings of God I have wrestled with my sister, yea, I have prevailed;’ and she calleth his name Napthali.Genesis 30:9And Leah seeth that she hath ceased from bearing, and she taketh Zilpah her maid-servant, and giveth her to Jacob for a wife;Genesis 30:10and Zilpah, Leah’s maid-servant, beareth to Jacob a son,Genesis 30:11and Leah saith, ‘A troop is coming;’ and she calleth his name Gad.Genesis 30:12And Zilpah, Leah’s maid-servant, beareth a second son to Jacob,Genesis 30:13and Leah saith, ‘Because of my happiness, for daughters have pronounced me happy;’ and she calleth his name Asher.Genesis 30:14And Reuben goeth in the days of wheat-harvest, and findeth love-apples in the field, and bringeth them in unto Leah, his mother, and Rachel saith unto Leah, ‘Give to me, I pray thee, of the love-apples of thy son.’Genesis 30:15And she saith to her, ‘Is thy taking my husband a little thing, that thou hast taken also the love-apples of my son?’ and Rachel saith, ‘Therefore doth he lie with thee to-night, for thy son’s love-apples.’Genesis 30:16And Jacob cometh in from the field at evening; and Leah goeth to meet him, and saith, ‘Unto me dost thou come in, for hiring I have hired thee with my son’s love-apples;’ and he lieth with her during that night.Genesis 30:17And God hearkeneth unto Leah, and she conceiveth, and beareth to Jacob a son, a fifth,Genesis 30:18and Leah saith, ‘God hath given my hire, because I have given my maid-servant to my husband;’ and she calleth his name Issachar.Genesis 30:19And conceive again doth Leah, and she beareth a sixth son to Jacob,Genesis 30:20and Leah saith, ‘God hath endowed me—a good dowry; this time doth my husband dwell with me, for I have borne to him six sons;’ and she calleth his name Zebulun;Genesis 30:21and afterwards hath she born a daughter, and calleth her name Dinah.Genesis 30:22And God remembereth Rachel, and God hearkeneth unto her, and openeth her womb,Genesis 30:23and she conceiveth and beareth a son, and saith, ‘God hath gathered up my reproach;’Exodus 21:10If another woman he take for him, her food, her covering, and her habitation, he doth not withdraw;Leviticus 18:18‘And a woman unto another thou dost not take, to be an adversary, to uncover her nakedness beside her, in her life.Deuteronomy 17:17And 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.Deuteronomy 21:15‘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;Deuteronomy 21:16then 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.Deuteronomy 21:17But 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.Judges 8:30and to Gideon there have been seventy sons, coming out of his loin, for he had many wives;1 Samuel 1:2and 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.1 Samuel 1:4And the day cometh, and Elkanah sacrificeth, and he hath given to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and her daughters, portions,1 Samuel 1:5and to Hannah he giveth a certain portion—double, for he hath loved Hannah, and Jehovah hath shut her womb;1 Samuel 1:6and her adversity hath also provoked her greatly, so as to make her tremble, for Jehovah hath shut up her womb.1 Samuel 1:7And so he doth year by year, from the time of her going up into the house of Jehovah, so it provoketh her, and she weepeth, and doth not eat.1 Samuel 25:39and David heareth that Nabal is dead, and saith, ‘Blessed is Jehovah who hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and His servant hath kept back from evil, and the wickedness of Nabal hath Jehovah turned back on his own head;’ and David sendeth and speaketh with Abigail, to take her to him for a wife.1 Samuel 25:40And the servants of David come in unto Abigail at Carmel, and speak unto her, saying, ‘David hath sent us unto thee to take thee to him for a wife.’1 Samuel 25:41And she riseth and boweth herself—face to the earth—and saith, ‘Lo, thy handmaid is for a maid-servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.’1 Samuel 25:42And Abigail hasteth and riseth, and rideth on the ass; and five of her young women who are going at her feet; and she goeth after the messengers of David, and is to him for a wife.1 Samuel 25:43And Ahinoam hath David taken from Jezreel, and they are—even both of them—to him for wives;1 Samuel 25:44and Saul gave Michal his daughter, wife to David, to Phalti son of Laish, who is of Gallim.2 Samuel 3:2And there are born to David sons in Hebron, and his first-born is Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess,2 Samuel 3:3and his second is Chileab, of Abigail wife of Nabal the Carmelite, and the third is Absalom son of Maacah daughter of Talmai king of Geshur,2 Samuel 3:4and the fourth is Adonijah son of Haggith, and the fifth is Shephatiah son of Abital,2 Samuel 3:5and the sixth is Ithream, of Eglah wife of David; these have been born to David in Hebron.2 Samuel 5:13And David taketh again concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after his coming from Hebron, and there are born again to David sons and daughters.2 Samuel 12:8and 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.1 Kings 11:1And king Solomon hath loved many strange women, and the daughter of Pharaoh, females of Moab, Ammon, Edom, Zidon, and of the Hittites,1 Kings 11:2of 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.1 Kings 11:3And he hath women, princesses, seven hundred, and concubines three hundred; and his wives turn aside his heart.1 Kings 11:4And 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.1 Kings 11:5And Solomon goeth after Ashtoreth goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites;