Posted on 02/23/2011 11:37:59 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Jacob entered into that initially via deception...not exactly an institutionalized route you'd advocate, would you?
Re: Abraham...the Bible never indicates that he slept with his wife's servant more than once.
Abraham, the Angel of the Lord, Moses, Paul, and even the woman herself, Hagar -- all refer to her as still a mistress of the Sarah (Sarai) AFTER she slept with Abraham. There are no post-sleeping arrangement references to her as a "wife."
So what other "patriarchs" are you referencing?
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