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To: restornu; Colofornian; sevenbak

What plural marriage was Abraham involved in?

I recall that Sarah was his wife, Hagar was simply a slave girl who he had sex with to try and fulfill God’s promise to him and SARAH that SHE would bear him the promised son.

I recall that Abraham remarried after Sarah died, but perhaps I’m getting my patriarchs wrong.

So who was Abraham’s other wife/wives?


1,604 posted on 04/09/2008 6:01:40 AM PDT by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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To: metmom

Abraham went in to Hagar by Sarah’s plan to have a child by her. It was not God’s command, and it has brought untold grief to the world. Those who put the stamp of approval on Abraham’s deed to try to justify polygamy are sick to the point of wickedness.

After Sarah died, Abraham took another wife, Keturah, and had six sons by her. Isaac was the chosen firstborn of earth through whom the Holy One would come, however.

In the NT, no one could serve in the office of “bishop” unless he was the husband of one “1” wife.
Certainly no Levite in Israel is recorded in the Bible as having multiple wives. And as the office of the Levitical priesthood served as “firstborn” before YHWH [priests to stand before Him, in ministry and intercession], and as the High Priest served in the ofice of Christ, by the Anointing of the oil which represented Christ’s office of Messiah, when He donned the Holy Garments to serve in that office [[which garments typed the second creation human being flesh of the “Firstborn/High Priest/High King/Federal Head of earth who was to come -Jesus Christ], and because before donning those garments to serve in that office of Christ’s type and shadow, the priest could not come near his own wife for three days [and certainly not while wearing the garments of priesthood of Firstborn], then anyone who teaches that physical sexual union is somehow connected to any priesthood YHWH has ordained by YHWH’s command, is most biblically illiterate [besides being most definitely not speaking for Him].


1,613 posted on 04/09/2008 6:56:45 AM PDT by prayforpeaceofJerusalem
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To: metmom
What plural marriage was Abraham involved in? I recall that Sarah was his wife, Hagar was simply a slave girl who he had sex with to try and fulfill God’s promise to him and SARAH that SHE would bear him the promised son. I recall that Abraham remarried after Sarah died, but perhaps I’m getting my patriarchs wrong. So who was Abraham’s other wife/wives?

KJV Genesis 30: 4 And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto her.

2,625 posted on 04/12/2008 1:34:27 PM PDT by sevenbak (1 Corinthians 2:14)
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