First & Second Witnesses Against Polygyny | One Man + One Woman Blueprint | The “Flood:” A Reset of the Edenic Blueprint

We live in a world that loves to multiply. More options, more choices, more experiences, more women. But what if the very act of "multiplying" in certain areas is a direct rebellion to the Creator’s original design? What if the most devastating global catastrophe in human history, the Flood, was not just a judgment on wickedness, but a violent, watery reset to protect the integrity of a singular, sacred design of the "one-flesh" union?

For far too long, we’ve glossed over the Flood as merely a story of divine anger. But when we look at it through the lens of GOD’S perfect design for marriage, it becomes a powerful, undeniable witness against the practice of polygyny (one man + two or more women). The Flood isn’t just about water; it’s about the sacred mathematics of the “Side". It's about restoring order to a world full of disorder, dysfunction, dis-ease, and disharmony. Polygyny is a rebellion against GOD'S covenant of marriage. There is no peace because there is no agreement or singularity; no faithfulness because there is no “one flesh” bond, and bitterness because his heart is divided. He, therefore, becomes the source of confusion. He has inevitably brought a sword into the house. 

As the line of Seth sought the presence of YAH, the descendants of Cain, who were cast from the face of YAH, were distorting the Marriage Covenant to satisfy earthly desires. Yet, as men began to multiply upon the face of the earth, so did their sins.  When Israel adopted this practice, they were not "expanding" their blessing; they were importing the architecture of Cain’s seed into GOD'S perfect design. They traded the covenantal threshold of the Ishto (the Wife) for a warehouse of nashim (women), effectively dividing the heart and blurring the Image of GOD. 

In the beginning, the Creator/Architect of the universe established a zero-gap design. From the man, He fashioned a singular "side" (Genesis 2:22) and sealed the flesh behind it; just as Elohim sealed shut the door of the Ark to secure the life within, He closed the seal upon the original design, establishing marriage forever as the finished architecture of one. This was the Original Composition: two halves of one image, interlocking to reflect the echad (oneness) of the Creator. To remain in this design was to remain in the tree of life.

Witness 1: The “One-Flesh” Union

1. The Math of the "One-Flesh"

This segment of the blueprint destroys the logic of polygyny.

• The Void: When GOD took the side from Adam, He "closed up the flesh" (verse 21). It was sealed. There was a specific, finite amount of "side" taken to create one woman.
• The Fit: Adam recognized her immediately: "This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh" (verse 23). She was the perfect, mirror-image "fit" for the void in his side.
• The Conclusion: A man only has one side missing. He does not have a second, third, or fourth "side" to accommodate a second, third, or fourth wife. To try to "cleave" to a second woman is to attempt to plug a hole that has already been filled by the first. It is a "covenantal distortion.” This is why the first wife is the covenant wife, the "wife of his youth." I’ve only seen one time in the Holy Scriptures where this was voided.

2. Cleaving as a "Returning"

Because Eve was taken from his side, the act of marriage is described as {דָּבַק} (Davaq — Cleaving).

• Cleaving isn't just "sticking" to someone new; it is returning to the source.
• When a man marries, he is essentially saying, "I am returning the side that was taken; I am becoming whole again."
• The Warning: A man who multiplies wives is essentially claiming he was created with multiple "sides" missing. He is accusing the Creator of a faulty blueprint. He is searching for "wholeness" in numbers because he has refused the "wholeness" found in the singular seal.

3. The Woman as the "Destination"

Because the woman was taken from the man’s side, she is his destination.

• The man is "returning" to his own flesh.
• The Impossibility of Polygyny: A man cannot return to "multiple sources." Multiple women weren’t taken from his side, therefore, multiple women cannot return to his side; only once can return to his side. The other wives are just "other women" in a plural relationship. 
• When the man is the "cleaver," he acts as the Seal of the covenant. If the seal is divided, the protection is gone.

4. The Judicial Responsibility

In the Hebrew Scriptures, GOD holds the man responsible for the "cleave."

• In Malachi 2, GOD does not rebuke the wives for the division of the home; He rebukes the men.
• He says, "Let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth" (verse 15).
• The Insight: Treachery occurs the moment a man decides his "cleaving" can be shared. By "multiplying," the man fails the very first command given to him in the Garden. He becomes a "taker" (like the Kings of Deuteronomy 17 and Lamech) instead of a "cleaver."
• The Verdict: A man with two wives has failed the first command of Genesis; he has "divided" what GOD commanded to be “joined." Elohim took one side to make one woman. He then closed the flesh. It was sealed! The wound is healed. The surgery is over. When you seek a second wife, you are trying to rip open and alter a wound that GOD has already closed and sealed. You are telling the Almighty that the woman He built from your side isn't enough to make you whole. You need a couple or more.

Conclusion: Eve was not taken from his head to rule over him, nor from his feet to be trampled by him, but from his side to be equal to him; under his arm to be protected, and near his heart to be loved. You only have one heart, and you only have one side. Stay in the Blueprint of the 'First Taking,' and you will find the peace of basar echad (one-flesh).

Witness 2: The Flood — The Return to the Edenic Blueprint

The "Reset of the Original Blueprint" is perhaps the most powerful evidence for monogamy. If the Creator wanted to "normalize" the multiplication of Lamech or the corruption of the pre-flood heart, He would have allowed those "additions" to board the Ark. Again, GOD started with one man and one woman. He didn’t command Noah to marry other women, nor did Noah or his sons have other women to help repopulate the earth. 

Instead, the Flood acted as a divine filter, stripping away every "inverted distortion" and leaving only the original composition.

1. The Math of the Remnant

The repopulation of the entire planet was entrusted to eight people. If multiplication of wives was a divine tool for "filling the earth," this was the perfect moment to use it. Yet, the census of the Ark is a direct rebuke to Lamech’s "taking." 

In Genesis 7:13, the text is meticulously clear about the math:

• Noah + His Wife (1 Pair)
• Shem + His Wife (1 Pair)
• Ham + His Wife (1 Pair)
• Japheth + His Wife (1 Pair)

The Mathematics of the Ark: 1+1=1

Genesis 7:13 declares: “In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark;” There were eight people, but spiritually, there were four "one-flesh" compositions. The Flood effectively "subtracted" the multiplication of the pre-flood world until only the original arithmetic remained. GOD did not save a "harem"; He saved a structural blueprint; his original design.

The ratio was 4:4. GOD did not allow for a "breach" even in an emergency. This proves that the GODLY Seed cannot be produced through the "multiplication of Cain," but only through the "sanctity of the one-flesh” union.

2. The Ark as the Sealed Womb

Just as the "side" was sealed with flesh, the Ark was sealed with pitch.

• The Seal of the Ark (Genesis 7:16): "And YAH shut him in."
• The Structural Foundation: Nothing more could be added to the Ark once the seal was set. To suggest that a man can add a second wife is to suggest that Noah could have carved a new door into the side of the Ark while the storm was raging. To break the seal is to invite the floodwaters into the sanctuary. To break the seal of marriage is to invite a sword into the home. Once the seal of the one-flesh union is activated, the door is shut. There is no room for another woman. To add a second woman is to attempt to "un-seal" and add to what GOD has already closed.

• The Impossibility of "Wives": Because the Hebrew language ties the identity of the "wife" to the "one-flesh" union, the word "wives" (plural) is a linguistic and spiritual contradiction. 

• Ishto (His Wife): A man can have one Ishto (his wife). To add is to try to fit two women into a space designed for "one." This is structural distortion. 1 woman + one man = one complete pair. 1 man + two women = disfigurement. Imagine seeing two women clinging to the side of a man, this is not "wholeness" or "completion". This is distortion.
• Nashim (Women): If he takes more, he has a collection of nashim (women), but he has exited the architecture of the one-flesh. He has moved from the "GODLY Seed" design into the "Lamech Breach." 
• GOD'S Covenant With Israel: While a man may "take" multiple women in a loose, worldly not GODLY concept of marriage, he cannot have two covenants simultaneously. Just as Israel cannot have a covenant with YAH and a covenant with Baal at the same time, a man cannot divide himself into two different "One-Flesh" unions simultaneously.
• Covenant vs. Contracts: He can have many ‘relationships contracts, or arrangements,’ but he can only have one covenant. Our marriages must mirror GOD’S marriage to Israel. GOD does not have multiple "Covenant Peoples” or multiple “Covenant Nations”; He has one. When we multiply, we tell a lie about GOD’S character.

The Verdict of the First Witness: The title of "wife" is a title of unity. Since you cannot be "one-flesh" with two different bodies simultaneously without dividing the first, the second woman can never cross the threshold to become a "wife" in the eyes of the Creator/Architect. She is the other woman/concubine.

Conclusion: The "covenantal threshold" proves that the original design is a finished work. To move from the singular ishto to a collection of nashim (women) is to cross back over the threshold into the "Inverted Distortion" and the "Breach of Lamech."

3. The "taking" of Genesis 6:2: Universalizing the Breach

Before the flood, humanity had embraced the "Blueprint of Cain’s Seed." Lamech, Cain’s descendant, proudly declared his two wives (Genesis 4:19). This wasn't just a personal preference; it was the birth of the "taking" culture, where women became commodities to be collected based on desire or beauty.

This verse is the moment the "virus" of Lamech’s seed infected the entire human population.

• The "Taking" of Lamech Spreads (Genesis 6:2): This poisonous seed blossomed into a global epidemic. The "sons of GOD," seduced by what they saw, that "the daughters of men that they were beautiful;" began to "take to themselves wives of all whom they chose." Notice the chilling echo of Lamech’s action. This wasn't about GOD-ordained covenant; it was about human choice and rampant multiplication of wives.

When the "Sons of GOD" saw and took "all which they chose," they weren't just committing a moral sin; they were committing a structural distortion. They were treating the "side" (the woman) as a commodity to be collected based on sight (beauty) rather than a covenant to be sealed based on the Word of GOD.

• The Choice vs. The Command: The text says they took wives "of all which they chose." This is the rejection of GOD’S Blueprint in favor of human desire. In the Garden, GOD brought the woman to the man; in the Breach, the man takes whatever and how many he chooses.
• The Distortion of the Image: The "Image of GOD" is the building block. Since GOD is Echad (One), the image is only reflected in a singular union. By dividing the "side" among many, the "Sons of GOD" shattered the mirror that was supposed to reflect the Creator.
• The "Morally Corrupt" Structure: The Hebrew word for "corrupt" in Genesis 6:12 is shachath (שָׁחַת), which can also mean "to decay" or "to ruin a vessel." The vessel of humanity was ruined because the “one-flesh” seal had been broken.

4. Noah: The "Audit" and the "Reset"

Noah was found "perfect in his generations" (Genesis 6:9). While the world was busy "taking all they chose," Noah remained within the original marital blueprint.

• The Survivor of the Storm: Only the original blueprint could survive the judgment of YAH. The Flood was the "weight test." The "polygynous" households of the “fallen or sinful ones” and the sons of GOD were too heavy with corruption to float; they sank under the weight of their own distortion. 
• The Ark as the "Restored Side": When Noah entered the Ark, he didn't bring the "New World" culture of polygyny. He brought the Garden Math: one man + one woman = one-flesh.
• The Reset Verdict: By saving only 4 pairs (4 men and 4 women), GOD physically deleted the "Lamech Breach" from the earth’s surface. He proved that for mankind to have a "New Beginning," it must return to the singular blueprint of the Beginning.

The world became "morally corrupt" (Genesis 6:12) not just because of violence, but because the very basic building block, the Image of GOD, reflected in the singular male and female union, had been shattered. When men began to divide their "side" among many women, they divided their devotion, their focus, and their distortion of the image of GOD. GOD declared, "My Spirit shall certainly not remain among these men for ever, because they are flesh" (Genesis 6:3). The Spirit cannot reside in a structure built purely on morally corrupt and fleshly desire.

5. The "Knowing" vs. The "Taking": The Architecture of Lineage

Consider the profound difference in the Hebrew understanding of procreation:

• Adam "Knew" his Wife (Genesis 4:1, 25): The word yada (to know) implies intimacy, covenant, and a singular, profound union. Adam "knew" Eve, and she bore Cain. He "knew" her again, and she bore Seth, the lineage of promise. The heir always came through this singular, sacred "knowing."
• Lamech and the "Sons of GOD" "Took" Wives: This act of "taking" (laqach) is devoid of the covenantal intimacy of "knowing." It’s an acquisition, a collection. And what was the result of this "taking"? Not a GODLY seed, but the Nephilim (Genesis 6:4 ) — the "fallen ones," giants, men of renown. They were products of a distorted morally corrupt image. They were the fruit of a breached blueprint. The Sons of GOD (Seth’s seed) mating with the daughters of men (Cain’s seed) produced wicked, ungodly, sinful, infamous, and morally corrupt children. Seth's seed fell from grace except for Noah.

6. The De-creation of the “Breach"

The Flood was not just a punishment; it was a De-creation. GOD returned the world to the "waters" of Genesis 1:2 to "clean the slate" of the corruption man had built. The waters covered the earth in the beginning when the earth was void, and then the waters returned to cover the earth again during the wickedness of Noah’s time. “And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of Elohim moved upon the face of the waters.” When Noah stepped off the Ark, GOD reaffirmed the original design by sending out one man and one woman (along with their sons and their singular wives) to start the architecture over again.

• In Genesis 1:6 &7, GOD separates the "waters above" from the "waters below" to create a space for the Beginning of Life.
• In Genesis 7:11, GOD collapses that space. The "windows of heaven" and the "fountains of the deep" meet again. “In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.”
• In Genesis 9:2, GOD reaffirms man's rulership over creatures: “And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered.”

In Genesis 7, all creatures enter the ark as pairs.

• Genesis 7:2 - “Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female.”
• Genesis 7:3 - “Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth.”
• Genesis 7:9 - “There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as GOD had commanded Noah.”
• Genesis 7:15 - “And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein is the breath of life.”
• Genesis 7:16 - “And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as GOD had commanded him: and YAH shut him in.”

Verses 9, 15, & 16 confirm that Elohim commanded that there be male and female (singular) pairs of all flesh, including man, wherein is the breath of life. This was a commandment as noted in verse 9 & 16. By returning the earth to its state in Genesis 1:2 (the watery deep), GOD was literally ridding the earth from the corruptions of man’s heart. The "Breach of Lamech," where the "side" of Adam had been fragmented among many, was washed away in the deep. The only things that floated above the judgment were the sealed marriages of the original design.

7. The Re-affirmation of the "Image"

When Noah steps off the Ark, GOD gives him the same command He gave Adam: "Be fruitful, and multiply (rabah), and replenish the earth" (Genesis 9:1 & 7). Astounding!

This highlights a vital distinction:

• The Corrupt Yarbeh: Multiplying wives (Adding to the blueprint).
• The Holy Rabah: Multiplying life (Fruitfulness within the blueprint).

GOD reaffirmed that multiplication should happen through the singular union, not by adding to the union. The "Seed of GOD" (Malachi 2:15) was preserved through the singular wives of Noah’s sons, not through the "taking" of many wives.

8. The "Zero-Gap" Ark

The Ark itself was "pitched within and without" (Genesis 6:14) to make it waterproof. The Hebrew word for "pitch" is kaphar, the same root as Atonement.

• Just as the Ark was sealed to keep the water out, the "One-Flesh" union is meant to be a sealed marriage to keep out other men and women, i.e. adultery, fornication, polygyny, etc.
• Lamech’s multiplication was a "leak" in that seal.
• The Flood removed the leak and left only the "sealed" vessels (covenant of marriages).

Conclusion: The Enduring Verdict of the Waters

The Flood stands as an eternal witness that GOD would rather wipe the slate clean than tolerate a marital union built on human "taking". It wasn't just a judgment on sin, but a structural audit that proved only the original blueprint, the zero-gap union of one man and one wife, could survive the storm.

When mankind emerged from the ark, they carried not a polygynous lineage, but a singular, GODLY Seed, ready to rebuild the world according to the Creator's unwavering design. The waters may have receded, but their verdict on polygynous marriages remains as clear and unyielding as the covenant of the rainbow itself.

The regulation of polygyny in the Hebrew Scriptures was an allowance granted due to “man being more righteous than GOD,” but it was never the ethical ideal. Every time the practice appears in the narrative, it functions as a covenantal failure, guaranteed to introduce strife, neglect, jealousy, and idolatry.

The Holy Scriptures never presents a polygamous family that is happy or peaceful. From Lamech’s violence to David’s chaotic household (rape, murder, and treason among his sons), the narrative demonstrates that departing from the "one flesh" design invites an enormous amount of chaos into the home.

A man and woman in a covenant of marriage cannot be one flesh when he adheres to another woman. They are essentially a man and woman cohabitating. He may have gone through the ceremony and the "taking," but he never achieved {דָּבַק} (davaq). When a man attempts to cleave to a second woman, he is not expanding his love; he is betraying his bond. He is leaving a 'one flesh' covenant to enter into a ‘multi-flesh' arrangement. He is trading the Holiness of the covenant for the confusion of Lamech. If he cleaves to second, he automatically loosens the bond with the first. The Hebrew Scriptures refers to her as the “hated” or “unloved” one. Also, in Hebrew, the term used for a second or "rival" wife is {צָרָה} (Tzarah). This is the exact same root word used throughout the Tanakh for "trouble," "distress," or "adversary." One flesh requires that the man cleaves - being glued together in one body to his wife, having one mind, and that is impossible with a third party intrusion.

GOD still loves you, Israel. The call remains the same: Choose Life, Choose Blessing, Choose Undivided Devotion. Repent, Return, and be free from the shadows of gross darkness. 

I hope this blog post has been helpful. If you have any questions, please feel free to leave a comment below. Shalom qodesh qadasheem - the “set apart ones.”