What does God think about polygamyhaving more than one wife or husband?
The following excerpt from an article in Nelson’s Illustrated Bible Dictionary accurately presents the history and the Bible’s teaching: “The practice of having several spouses, especially wives, at one time. Polygamy includes polygyny (marriage to more than one woman) and polyandry (marriage to more than one man). The term polygamy is more often used, however, as a synonym for polygyny, which was common throughout the ancient world. “According to the custom of the times, Abraham took Hagar, the Egyptian maidservant of his wife Sarah, to be his wife when Sarah was unable to bear a child (Gen. 16:1-4). Abraham’s son, Isaac, had only one wife; but Abraham’s grandson, Jacob, took two wives (Leah and Rachel) and two concubines, Zilpah and Bilhah (Gen. 29:15-30:13). “The Bible presents monogamy as the divine ideal. The Creator made marriage as a union between one man and one woman (Gen. 2:18-24; Matt. 19:4-6; 1 Cor. 6:16)… “After the time of Moses, polygamy continued to be practiced, espe
