Sunday 2 September 2018

Isaac



Continuing to look at the sex lives of some of the Biblical heros. 

Tradition holds that Isaac and Rebekah were monogamous. Likely one of the best examples of a monogamous relationship found in the pages of Scripture.  They are often used as a model in Jewish weddings today.

The only issue we may take here with Isaac is that he chose a wife from his relative’s household. Rebecca was the daughter of Isaac’s cousin.   In his defense Leviticus 18 wasn’t written yet, and it doesn’t specifically mention cousin’s daughter so in that time and place it was probably very acceptable.  However today I think we’d have some issue if someone were to marry their cousin’s daughter, and may not want to view it as a model relationship.



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