Topic
Concubinage
26 passages cited, from 2 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Genesis 15:4Nave LAWS CONCERNING — Children of, not heirs
And, behold, the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, This shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir.
- Genesis 16:3Nave Abraham
And Sarai Abram’s wife took Hagar her maid the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife.
- Genesis 21:9–14Nave LAWS CONCERNING — Concubines might be dismissed
¶ And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born unto Abraham, mocking. Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her son: for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac. And the thing was…
- Genesis 21:10Nave LAWS CONCERNING — Children of, not heirs
Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her son: for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac.
- Genesis 22:23Nave Nahor
And Bethuel begat Rebekah: these eight Milcah did bear to Nahor, Abraham’s brother.
- Genesis 22:24Nave Nahor
And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she bare also Tebah, and Gaham, and Thahash, and Maachah.
- Genesis 25:6Nave Abraham
But unto the sons of the concubines, which Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts, and sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastward, unto the east country.
- Genesis 30:4Nave Jacob
And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto her.
- Genesis 36:12Nave Eliphaz
And Timna was concubine to Eliphaz Esau’s son; and she bare to Eliphaz Amalek: these were the sons of Adah Esau’s wife.
- Genesis 37:2Nave LAWS CONCERNING — Called WIVES
These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and the lad was with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father’s wives: and Joseph brought unto his father their evil report.
- Exodus 21:7–11Nave LAWS CONCERNING
¶ And if a man sell his daughter to be a maidservant, she shall not go out as the menservants do. If she please not her master, who hath betrothed her to himself, then shall he let her be redeemed: to sell her unto a strange nation he shall have no power,…
- Leviticus 19:20–22Nave LAWS CONCERNING
¶ And whosoever lieth carnally with a woman, that is a bondmaid, betrothed to an husband, and not at all redeemed, nor freedom given her; she shall be scourged; they shall not be put to death, because she was not free. And he shall bring his trespass…
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- Deuteronomy 21:10–14 Nave LAWS CONCERNING
- Judges 8:31 Nave Gideon
- Judges 19:1 Nave A Levite
- Judges 19:3–5 Nave LAWS CONCERNING — Called WIVES
- 2 Samuel 3:7 Nave Saul
- 2 Samuel 5:13 Nave David
- 2 Samuel 15:16 Nave David
- 1 Kings 11:3 Nave Solomon
- 1 Chronicles 1:32 Nave Abraham
- 1 Chronicles 2:46–48 Nave Caleb
- 1 Chronicles 7:14 Nave Manasseh
- 2 Chronicles 11:21 Nave Rehoboam
- 2 Chronicles 13:21 Nave Abijah
- Daniel 5:2 Nave Belshazzar
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 0 references
kon-ku'-bi-naj.
See FAMILY.
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 26 references, grouped by sub-topic
- → LAWS CONCERNING Ex 21:7-11; Le 19:20-22; De 21:10-14
- Concubines might be dismissed Ge 21:9-14
- Called WIVES Ge 37:2; Jud 19:3-5
- Children of, not heirs Ge 15:4; 21:10
- Practiced by
- Abraham Ge 16:3; 25:6; 1Ch 1:32
- Nahor Ge 22:23,24
- Jacob Ge 30:4
- Eliphaz Ge 36:12
- Gideon Jud 8:31
- A Levite Jud 19:1
- Caleb 1Ch 2:46-48
- Manasseh 1Ch 7:14
- Saul 2Sa 3:7
- David 2Sa 5:13; 15:16
- Solomon 1Ki 11:3
- Rehoboam 2Ch 11:21
- Abijah 2Ch 13:21
- Belshazzar Da 5:2
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.