Speak in the ears of all the men of Shechem, saying, Which is better for you, that seventy men, even all the sons of Jerubbaal, should reign over you, or that one man should reign over you? And remember that I am your own flesh and bone.

And he went to the house of his father to Ephratha, and killed his brothers, the sons of Jerubbaal, seventy men upon one stone; but Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal was left, for he hid himself.

And he had thirty-two sons riding on thirty-two colts, and they had thirty-two cities; and they called them Jair's towns until this day in the land of Gilead.

And he had thirty sons and thirty daughters, whom he sent forth; and he brought in thirty daughters for his sons from outside; and he judged Israel seven years.

And he had forty sons, and thirty grandsons, that rode upon seventy colts: and he judged Israel eight years.

And all the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, who came out of his loins, besides the wives of the sons of Jacob, were sixty-six persons in all.

But Joseph was in Egypt. And all the souls born of Jacob were seventy-five.

And Ahab [had] seventy sons in Samaria. And Jehu wrote a letter, and sent it into Samaria to the rulers of Samaria, and to the elders, and to the guardians of [the children of] Ahab, saying,

Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother and shall cleave to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.

And then Noah, his sons, his wife, and his sons' wives, went into the ark, because of the water of the flood.

And he shall not multiply to himself wives, lest his heart turn away; and he shall not greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.

And sons were born to David in Hebron: and his firstborn was Ammon the son of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess.

And the fourth [was] Adonijah, the son of Haggith, and the fifth [was] Shephatiah, the son of Abital.

And David took again wives and concubines out of Jerusalem, after he came from Hebron: and David had still more sons and daughters born to him.

Ibhar, Elishua, Nepheg, Japhia,

And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines. And the strange women turned away his heart after their gods.

And did he not do well? And [there was] the residue of his spirit. But you said, What does God seek but a seed? But take heed to your own spirit, and forsake not the wife of your youth.

and He said, 'For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and shall be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh'?

They said to Him, "Why then did Moses command to give a certificate of divorce, and to put her away?"

"For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh."

Nevertheless you also individually, let each one love his own wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respect her husband.