Now please show me...
(a) where God -- ANYWHERE in Scripture -- gives women authority to bestow a man with an extra wife??? (As in the cases of Jacob's household) Go ahead. Show us.
(b) where Jacob himself ever officially betrothed himself to Leah (before sleeping with her & thereby feeling obligated to her afterwards)...Go ahead. Show us.
and (c) where God is ever the author of deception as some kind of "means" to ensure Jacob would become a polygamist.
Admit it. Jacob became a polygamist via deception. Deception is the exact opposite of what God ordains! It is the exact opposite of God's character.
What's funny is that you elevate this as some kind God-ordained thing (re: Jacob's household).
a). I never made that argument. My argument was that Jacob was a prophet and a polygamist. Moses called all 4 of the women Jacob’s wives.
b) Genesis chapter 29
26 Laban replied, “It is not our custom here to give the younger daughter in marriage before the older one. 27 Finish this daughter’s bridal week; then we will give you the younger one also, in return for another seven years of work.”
28 And Jacob did so. He finished the week with Leah, and then Laban gave him his daughter Rachel to be his wife.
31 When the Lord saw that Leah was not loved, he enabled her to conceive, but Rachel remained childless. 32 Leah became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She named him Reuben,[b] for she said, “It is because the Lord has seen my misery. Surely my husband will love me now.”
33 She conceived again...
34 Again she conceived, and when she gave birth to a son she said, “Now at last my husband will become attached to me, because I have borne him three sons.” So he was named Levi.
Jacob was tricked into marrying Leah. But Jacob chose to become a polygamist by also marrying her Sister. They were also his cousins. Abraham had 6 sons and a daughter with Leah. That’s a whole lot of afterwards
c) I never argued that either.
Admit it, Jacob chose to become a polygamist after he was tricked into marrying one woman. He also chose to remain a polygamist.
No, what’s funny is that you keep making stuff up. I never said polygamy was ordained of God or elevated. I have pointed out that Abraham, Jacob, and Moses were Prophets of God who were also polygamists.