Full Title: "Genesis 29 and 30 say that Jacob had two wives, and he also had children by each of their servant girls. I thought it was a sin for a man to have so many wives"
Full Title: "Although the seventh commandment explicitly forbidy adultery, there are numerous instances in the Old Testament where it appeared to be acceptable to have multiple wives and to father children by concubines."
Full Title: "Polygamy was widely practiced in the Old Testament, and God did not condemn it. So why did Paul say that a church leader such as an elder, bishop, or overseer should be 'the husband of one wife' ...?"