Bible Dictionary: Polygamy: Abraham

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Genesis 16:1
Now Sarai Abram's wife bore him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.
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By the Circumcision of Abraham, Marriage with Sisters Forbidden ...
... Chapter III."By the Circumcision of Abraham, Marriage with Sisters Forbidden; In
the Times of the Prophets Polygamy Put a Stop To; Conjugal Purity Itself by ...
/.../chapter iii by the circumcision of.htm

Consecration to God --Illustrated by Abraham's Circumcision
... These faults are not written that we may say, "Abraham did so-and-so ... Polygamy, though
tolerated under the Old Testament, was never approved; it was only endured ...
/.../spurgeons sermons volume 14 1868/consecration to godillustrated by abrahams.htm

The People among whom we Labour.
... and in both the same names continually meet us, such as Abraham, Jacob, Joseph ... The
sanction given by Muhammad to polygamy and extreme facility of divorce has ...
/.../chapter xxviii the people among.htm

David's Deserts
... And so has David in like wise, to the grief and harm of both him and Abraham. ... They
avenge themselves. And so does polygamy. So it did in the case of David. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/kingsley/david/sermon iv davids deserts.htm

The Banquet of the Ten Virgins, or Concerning Chastity
... Chapter III.--By the Circumcision of Abraham, Marriage with Sisters Forbidden; In
the Times of the Prophets Polygamy Put a Stop To; Conjugal Purity Itself by ...
/.../methodius/the banquet of the ten virgins or concerning chastity/

The Power of Christianity.
... The wisest men of Greece and Rome sanctioned slavery, polygamy, concubinage, oppression ...
infirmities and sins, as well as the virtues, of Abraham, Jacob, Moses ...
/.../schaff/history of the christian church volume i/section 44 the power of.htm

What is the Christian Home?
... of home, and abused its highest and holiest prerogatives by his ideas of polygamy. ...
Such was the home of Abraham, who "commanded his children and his household ...
//christianbookshelf.org/philips/the christian home/chapter i what is the.htm

Index of Subjects.
... Abraham and Isaac, types, [6]191. ... Jacob, sets up a stone for a memorial pillar,
[430]191; his vision of the ladder, [431]192; his polygamy, [432]289 sq.; his ...
/.../writings in connection with the donatist controversy /index of subjects.htm

The Israelites
... We find it in contracts drawn up in Babylonia in the time of Abraham; we also ... were
troubled by revolts which had their origin partly in the polygamy in which ...
/.../sayce/early israel and the surrounding nations/chapter i the israelites.htm

The Golden Eagle is Cut to Pieces. Herod's Barbarity when He was ...
... which may lay much greater claim to such a permission than polygamy, seems to ... be
of kin to the Jews, and derived from their common ancestor Abraham, the first ...
/.../chapter 33 the golden eagle.htm

Subtopics

Bigamy

Multiple Wives

Polygamy

Polygamy with Solomon