What the Bible says about

Concubinage

26 references · Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · tap any verse for study tools

“And if a man sells his daughter as a servant, she is not to go free as the menservants do.”
Exodus 21:7-11 BSB
“If a man lies carnally with a slave girl promised to another man but who has not been redeemed or given her freedom, there must be due punishment. But they are not to be put to death, because she had not been freed.”
Leviticus 19:20-22 BSB
“When you go to war against your enemies and the LORD your God delivers them into your hand and you take them captive,”
Deuteronomy 21:10-14 BSB
“But Sarah saw that the son whom Hagar the Egyptian had borne to Abraham was mocking her son,”
Genesis 21:9-14 BSB
“This is the account of Jacob. When Joseph was seventeen years old, he was tending the flock with his brothers, the sons of his father’s wives Bilhah and Zilpah, and he brought their father a bad report about them.”
Genesis 37:2 BSB
“her husband got up and went after her to speak kindly to her and bring her back, taking his servant and a pair of donkeys. So the girl brought him into her father’s house, and when her father saw him, he gladly welcomed him.”
Judges 19:3-5 BSB
“Then the word of the LORD came to Abram, saying, “This one will not be your heir, but one who comes from your own body will be your heir.””
Genesis 15:4 BSB
“and she said to Abraham, “Expel the slave woman and her son, for the slave woman’s son will never share in the inheritance with my son Isaac!””
Genesis 21:10 BSB
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