The Bible states: “They proceeded to take their daughters as wives for themselves, and their own daughters they gave to their sons, and they took up serving their gods.
( शास्ते ३: ५ - ७) देशातील लोकांशी मैत्री केल्यामुळे हळूहळू इस्राएल लोकांनी त्यांच्याशी विवाहसंबंध जोडले आणि ते मूर्तिपूजाही करू लागले.