Bastards

A bastard shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord; even to his tenth generation shall he not enter into the congregation of the Lord.

But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.

Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valour, and he was the son of an harlot: and Gilead begat Jephthah.

The word of the Lord came again unto me, saying, — read the full passage →

Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:

They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.

For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman.

And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king’s house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon. — read the full passage →

And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, which was the son of Heli,

Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father.

And Sarai Abram’s wife took Hagar her maid the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife.