Centuries later when Jehovah chose the Israelites as his people, polygamy already existed among them, although it apparently was far more common to have just one wife. God did not require families to break up where there was more than one wife.
एकापेक्षा अधिक पत्नी असलेल्या कुटुंबांनी विभक्‍त व्हावे असे यहोवाने अपेक्षिले नाही.