THEOSISJudges 8:30Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
And he had seventy sons, who came out of his thigh, for he had many wives.
וּלְגִדְע֗וֹן הָיוּ֙ שִׁבְעִ֣ים בָּנִ֔ים יֹצְאֵ֖י יְרֵכ֑וֹ כִּֽי־נָשִׁ֥ים רַבּ֖וֹת הָ֥יוּ לֽוֹ׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Judg 9:5And he came to his father's house in Ephra, and slew his brethren, the sons of Jerobaal, seventy men, upon one stone: and there remained only Joatham, the youngest son of Jerobaal, who was hidden.
- Judg 9:2Speak to all the men of Sichem: whether is better for you that seventy men, all the sons of Jerobaal, should rule over you, or that one man should rule over you? And withal, consider that I am your bone, and your flesh.
- Deut 17:17He shall not have many wives, that may allure his mind, nor immense sums of silver and gold.
- Judg 12:9He had thirty sons, and as many daughters, whom he sent abroad, and gave to husbands, and took wives for his sons, of the same number, bringing them into his house. And he judged Israel seven years:
- Matt 19:5For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife, and they two shall be in one flesh.
- Matt 19:8He saith to them: Because Moses by reason of the hardness of your heart permitted you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.
- Gen 7:7And Noe went in and his sons, his wife and the wives of his sons with him into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.
- Gen 2:24Wherefore a man shall leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they shall be two in one flesh.