"This claims to be actually from the Bible"..."A. Marriage in the United States shall consist of a union between one man and one or more women. (Gen 29:17-28;"
I will look at the first without comment. It is a very old and primitive document, after all...
29:15
And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou art my brother, shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought? tell me, what shall thy wages be?
Jacob and
His Cousins
29:16
And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.
29:17
Leah was tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well favoured.
Jacob agrees
to buy Rachael
with 7 years labor
29:18
And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.
29:19
And Laban said, It is better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man: abide with me.
29:20
And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her.
Jacob works for
7 years and then
demands to have
sex with Rachel
29:21
And Jacob said unto Laban, Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in unto her.
29:22
And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast.
Jacob has sex
with Leah by mistake
29:23
And it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to him; and he went in unto her.
Laban gives Jacob
Zilpah for a concubine
29:24
And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid for an handmaid.
Jacob discovers that
he had sex with Leah
by mistake
29:25
And it came to pass, that in the morning, behold, it was Leah: and he said to Laban, What is this thou hast done unto me? did not I serve with thee for Rachel? wherefore then hast thou beguiled me?
29:26
And Laban said, It must not be so done in our country, to give the younger before the firstborn.
29:27
Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.
29:28
And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also.
Laban gives
Rachel to Jacob
29:29
And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid.
Jacob has sex
with Rachel
29:30
And he went in also unto Rachel , and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.
God opened Leah's womb
but Rachel was barren
Jacob's
wives
Compete
29:31
And when the LORD saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren.
29:32
And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name Reuben: for she said, Surely the LORD hath looked upon my affliction; now therefore my husband will love me.
29:33
And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Because the LORD hath heard I was hated, he hath therefore given me this son also: and she called his name Simeon.
29:34
And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Now this time will my husband be joined unto me, because I have born him three sons: therefore was his name called Levi.
29:35
And she conceived again, and bare a son: and she said, Now will I praise the LORD: therefore she called his name Judah; and left bearing." |
