Inheritance. I don't believe we get the concept of inheritance as they understood it throughout the Bible. We are able to gain our own property and possessions.  We don't have to rely on inheriting anything. And we don't. We work, save, buy and sell.  In Biblical times, this was not the case. To have anything, our parents (or other kinsman) would have to pass along their possessions upon their death.  In my case, I would have to marry to have anything. And then it was only mine as long as my husband was alive.  As soon as my husband would die, I had to hope that I had a son who would inherit my husband's possessions or I would have no where to live, nothing to eat, no means of survival. If I were a male wealthy landowner, I would worry who would inherit my property if I didn't have sons. That's why I might have several wives, to better guarantee that my family would get my property.  For the Hebrews, the property (land) was a gift from God that had to stay in ...