Judges 8:30

Translations

Modern

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

Traditional

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

Literal

And Gideon had seventy sons coming from his loin, for unto him were many wives,

Latin

…habuitque septuaginta filios, qui egressi sunt de femore ejus: eo quod plures haberet uxores.

Original

Hebrew

English

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

Notes

Judges 8:29–32

Old age usually shows divine blessing, but Gideon's spiritual blessing and leadership declined.

Judges 6:1–8:35

Gideon's time as a judge ends the first era of judges.

Theme notes and profiles

Gideon Social Chaos in Judges

Events

Usurpation by Abimelech

Related verses

Judges 9:2
“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
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.
Deuteronomy 17:17
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
He had seven hundred wives of royal birth and three hundred concubines—and his wives turned his heart away.
Ephesians 5:31–33
“For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.”
Exodus 1:5
The descendants of Jacob numbered seventy in all, including Joseph, who was already in Egypt.
Genesis 7:7
And Noah and his wife, with his sons and their wives, entered the ark to escape the waters of the flood.
Judges 10:4
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.
2 Samuel 3:2–5
And sons were born to David in Hebron: His firstborn was Amnon, by Ahinoam of Jezreel;
Malachi 2:15
Has not the LORD made them one, having a portion of the Spirit? And why one? Because He seeks godly offspring. So guard yourselves in your spirit and do not break faith with the wife of your youth.
Matthew 19:5–8
…and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’?
2 Samuel 5:13–16
After he had arrived from Hebron, David took more concubines and wives from Jerusalem, and more sons and daughters were born to him.

People

Gideon: Judge of Israel; defeated Midianites; tested and reassured by God

Glossary

Joash Judges, Book of Ophrah (Place)

Topics

Gideon: had Seventy Sons Joash: Father of Gideon Polygamy: Gideon

Judges 8:30

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