Judges 8:30 “Gideon had seventy sons of his own, since he had many wives.”

Judges 8:30

Gideon had seventy sons of his own, since he had many wives.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten: for he had many wives.

World English Bible

Gideon had seventy sons conceived from his body, for he had many wives.

American Standard Version

And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten; for he had many wives.

Geneva Bible 1599

And Gideon had seuentie sonnes begotten of his body: for he had many wiues.

Darby Translation

Now Gideon had seventy sons who had come out of his loins, for he had many wives.

Young's Literal Translation

and to Gideon there have been seventy sons, coming out of his loin, for he had many wives;

Bible in Basic English

Gideon had seventy sons, the offspring of his body; for he had a number of wives.

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Cross references

“threescore”

Judges 9:2 Judges 9:5 Judges 10:4 Judges 12:9 Judges 12:14 Genesis 46:26

Judges 9:2 · BSB

“Please ask all the leaders of Shechem, ‘Is it better for you that seventy men, all the sons of Jerubbaal, rule over you, or just one man?’ Remember that I am your own flesh and blood.”

Judges 9:5 · BSB

He went to his father’s house in Ophrah, and on one stone murdered his seventy brothers, the sons of Jerubbaal. But Jotham, the youngest son of Jerubbaal, survived, because he hid himself.

Judges 10:4 · BSB

He had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkeys. And they had thirty towns in the land of Gilead, which to this day are called Havvoth-jair.

Judges 12:9 · BSB

He had thirty sons, as well as thirty daughters whom he gave in marriage to men outside his clan; and for his sons he brought back thirty wives from elsewhere. Ibzan judged Israel seven years.

Judges 12:14 · BSB

He had forty sons and thirty grandsons, who rode on seventy donkeys. And he judged Israel eight years.

Genesis 46:26 · BSB

All those belonging to Jacob who came to Egypt—his direct descendants, besides the wives of Jacob’s sons—numbered sixty-six persons.

“many wives”

Deuteronomy 17:17 1 Kings 11:3 Genesis 2:24 Genesis 7:7 2 Samuel 3:2–5 2 Samuel 5:13–16

Deuteronomy 17:17 · BSB

He must not take many wives for himself, lest his heart go astray. He must not accumulate for himself large amounts of silver and gold.

1 Kings 11:3 · BSB

He had seven hundred wives of royal birth and three hundred concubines—and his wives turned his heart away.

Genesis 2:24 · BSB

For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.

Genesis 7:7 · BSB

And Noah and his wife, with his sons and their wives, entered the ark to escape the waters of the flood.

2 Samuel 3:2–5 · BSB

And sons were born to David in Hebron: His firstborn was Amnon, by Ahinoam of Jezreel;

2 Samuel 5:13–16 · BSB

After he had arrived from Hebron, David took more concubines and wives from Jerusalem, and more sons and daughters were born to him.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

29and he—Jerubbaal son of Joash—returned home and settled down.

31His concubine, who dwelt in Shechem, also bore him a son, and he named him Abimelech.

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