To: RnMomof7
<>One more thought..It is a sin for a woman to refuse to be a wife in all respects to her husband...so if Mary refused that right to Joseph that was a sin..<>
In the dream Joseph had, the angel didn't use marital union..."go in unto".
Genesis 30
3 She said, "(1) Here is my maid Bilhah, go in to her that she may (2) bear on my knees, that (3) through her I too may have children."
4 So (4) she gave him her maid Bilhah as a wife, and Jacob went in to her.
16 When Jacob came in from the field in the evening, then Leah went out to meet him and said, "You must come in to me, for I have surely hired you with my son's mandrakes." So he lay with her that night.
Genesis 16
2 So Sarai said to Abram, "Now behold, the LORD has prevented me from bearing children. (1) Please go in to my maid; perhaps I will obtain children through her." And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai.
Genesis 16
3 After Abram had lived (1) ten years in the land of Canaan, Abram's wife Sarai took Hagar the Egyptian, her maid, and gave her to her husband Abram as his wife.
4 He went in to Hagar, and she conceived; and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her sight
According to Jewish Law...Joseph was forbidden to her for all time..
To: Irisshlass
HUH???
That makes no sense..How was a Jewish marriage sealed?
20 posted on
10/26/2002 9:27:43 PM PDT by
RnMomof7
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