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To: Sherman Logan
Abraham had a wife and a concubine at the same time, hardly an improvement in modern eyes.

In modern times he would have had a surrogate. Abraham's wife initiated it.

26 posted on 07/07/2014 11:24:52 AM PDT by Raycpa
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To: Raycpa

True. Not claiming Abraham behaved badly, by the standards of his time.

You can read all through the OT, and not find a trace of the notion that a married man is obligated to be sexually faithful to his wife. Adultery in the OT is defined as sex with a married woman other than your wife. NOT as a married man having sex with an unmarried woman.

The NT is, of course, quite different in this regard.


28 posted on 07/07/2014 11:37:29 AM PDT by Sherman Logan (Perception wins all the battles. Reality wins all the wars.)
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