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.
قرن‌ها بعد وقتی خدا اسرائیلیان را قوم خود انتخاب کرد از مدت‌ها قبل این رسم در میان آن‌ها رواج داشت .‏