Dr. John Walton, Job, Lecture 19, 'Covenant with his eyes' (Job 31:1)

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Outline:
00:25 Introduction
1:19 Covenant
1:48 Etbinen, not lust but "seeking" or "inquiring"
3:41 Betulah: Virgin and/or woman under the protection of her father
5:20 Mah what?
5:46 Psalm 37:10's Contribution
7:51 Harem and Status the Point not Lust
9:25 Importance of a Close Reading of the Hebrew Text
9:57 End

[samcoffing]

Should 31:1 be read as a continuation of 30:26-31?
As if Job is so impoverished that he is unable to procure a betulah?

[tedhildebrandt_BeL]

00:25 Introduction
1:19 Covenant
1:48 Etbinen, not lust but "seeking" or "inquiring"
3:41 Betulah: Virgin and/or woman under the protection of her father
5:20 Mah what?
5:46 Psalm 37:10's Contribution
7:51 Harem and Status the Point not Lust
9:25 Importance of a Close Reading of the Hebrew Text
9:57 End

[Sir_Viver]

Thank you for exposing and undermining every wife's attempt to use this verse to guilt trip every husbands natural inclination to be as fruitful as possible and multiply, not just add. "Comfortably polygynous" is an appropriate and righteous position.

[hillaryfamily]

“and society at this time was comfortably polygamous”? Isn’t that exactly the opposite of the context, where Job, the rich man, was righteous and therefore only had one wife? Job, as a character, is and proclaims himself righteous, and his one wife status indicates that this is what the readers regarded as ideal, lawful and proper.

Job’s contract, in this context, appears to be his marriage contract with his first wife, where he undertakes not to add a second wife. We actually have Jewish marriage contracts with such clauses, so it isn’t anything unusual.