Gen. 11:29-30 and Gen. 15:3. faithful to one woman
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2018 9:18 pm
We read there
וַיִּקַּח אַבְרָם וְנָחוֹר לָהֶם נָשִׁים שֵׁם אֵשֶׁת אַבְרָם שָׂרָי וְשֵׁם אֵשֶׁת נָחוֹר מִלְכָּה בַּת הָרָן אֲבִי מִלְכָּה וַאֲבִי יִסְכָּה. וַתְּהִי שָׂרַי עֲקָרָה אֵין לָהּ וָלָד
KJV: "And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram's wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah. But Sarai was barren; she had no child"
Gen. 15:3
וַיֹּאמֶר אַבְרָם הֵן לִי לֹא נָתַתָּה זָרַע וְהִנֵּה בֶן בֵּיתִי יוֹרֵשׁ אֹתִי
KJV: "And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir"
Still, he did not take another wife.
Isaac Fried, Boston University
וַיִּקַּח אַבְרָם וְנָחוֹר לָהֶם נָשִׁים שֵׁם אֵשֶׁת אַבְרָם שָׂרָי וְשֵׁם אֵשֶׁת נָחוֹר מִלְכָּה בַּת הָרָן אֲבִי מִלְכָּה וַאֲבִי יִסְכָּה. וַתְּהִי שָׂרַי עֲקָרָה אֵין לָהּ וָלָד
KJV: "And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram's wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah. But Sarai was barren; she had no child"
Gen. 15:3
וַיֹּאמֶר אַבְרָם הֵן לִי לֹא נָתַתָּה זָרַע וְהִנֵּה בֶן בֵּיתִי יוֹרֵשׁ אֹתִי
KJV: "And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir"
Still, he did not take another wife.
Isaac Fried, Boston University