And said] Our Lord regards the words alluded to (see Genesis 2:24) as spoken by divine inspiration. His wife] Ancient and modern interpreters find in the singular a prohibition of polygamy. The rabbis allowed three or four wives. 'It is lawful' (they said) 'to have many wives together, even as many as you will, but our wise men have decreed that no man have above four wives.'

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