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Polygyny can be neither adultery nor fornication - so what sin is it if not one of those two?
1 Cor. 6:9-10 Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor...
Genesis 35:11
“I am God Almighty; Be fruitful and multiply;"
God blessed Jacob (with his four wives) the same way He blessed Adam and Eve at creation. This is a recognition of the legitimacy of Jacob's family in God's Sight.
1st Kings 15:5
"because David did what was right in the sight of the LORD, and had not turned aside from anything that He commanded him all the days of his life, except in the case of Uriah the Hittite." NASB
This passage indicates that while...
It’s equally as strong to point out that scripture never calls it sin or condemns it.
Absence of disapproval is just as powerful as presence of approval.
Polygyny can be neither adultery nor fornication - so what sin is it if not one of those two?
1 Cor. 6:9-10 Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor...
That’s it! Thank you! Just for icing in that cake we get told the king’s wife’s name too! It’s a completely unambiguous incident and straight from God’s mouth.
Polygyny can be neither adultery nor fornication - so what sin is it if not one of those two?
1 Cor. 6:9-10 Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor...
Genesis 35:11
“I am God Almighty; Be fruitful and multiply;"
God blessed Jacob (with his four wives) the same way He blessed Adam and Eve at creation. This is a recognition of the legitimacy of Jacob's family in God's Sight.
Leviticus 18:19 NASB
"And you shall not marry a woman in addition to her sister as a rival while she is alive, to uncover her nakedness."
The prohibition of one particular type of polygamy (marrying your wife's sister to vex her) infers that...