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She gave him Bilhah her servant as wife, and Jacob went in to her.
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Verse 4. Marriage. The Manichees condemned Jacob for having more than four wives at once. But Saint Augustine replied, it was not then unusual or forbidden. He took the two last only at the pressing instigation of Rachel and Lia, and that only for the sake of children. Lia herself was forced upon him. c. Faust. xxii. 48.
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