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
All 26 references
Exodus 21:7-11Leviticus 19:20-22Deuteronomy 21:10-14Genesis 21:9-14Genesis 37:2Judges 19:3-5Genesis 15:4Genesis 21:10Genesis 16:3Genesis 25:61 Chronicles 1:32Genesis 22:23Genesis 22:24Genesis 30:4Genesis 36:12Judges 8:31Judges 19:11 Chronicles 2:46-481 Chronicles 7:142 Samuel 3:72 Samuel 5:132 Samuel 15:161 Kings 11:32 Chronicles 11:212 Chronicles 13:21Daniel 5:2