I don't think Job, who was long in the tooth, whelped his additional children with the help of his first wife. There had to be another, and she had to be of younger child bearing age, as shown by the number of his children that he had later in life, to replace those he lost in his trials.
Scripture doesn't look at age and say "oooo, icky, mustn't do that."
David's last wife was very young by comparison to David, but he never lay with her sexually, although she apparently snuggled very closely to him to keep him warm. Basically the illustration is that of climbing inside David's clothing to press her flesh up against him, to keep him warm. David was probably experiencing renal failure at the time.
Nothing appalled any of those who witnessed it (Bathsheba being one of them) or seemed wrong to them, when it came to finding David a very young virgin to lie down with him (though it never resulted in a sexual relationship). Scripture and those around regarded her as his wife. Scripture sees the arrangement as being as binding whether sexual relations have occurred or not.
Scripture doesn't look at age and say "oooo, icky, mustn't do that."
David's last wife was very young by comparison to David, but he never lay with her sexually, although she apparently snuggled very closely to him to keep him warm. Basically the illustration is that of climbing inside David's clothing to press her flesh up against him, to keep him warm. David was probably experiencing renal failure at the time.
Nothing appalled any of those who witnessed it (Bathsheba being one of them) or seemed wrong to them, when it came to finding David a very young virgin to lie down with him (though it never resulted in a sexual relationship). Scripture and those around regarded her as his wife. Scripture sees the arrangement as being as binding whether sexual relations have occurred or not.
And:Wherefore his servants said unto him, Let there be sought for my lord the king a young virgin: and let her stand before the king, and let her cherish him, and let her lie in thy bosom, that my lord the king may get heat. So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the coasts of Israel, and found Abishag a Shunammite, and brought her to the king."
Frankly, we're prudes about such issues, when God was not, and neither were his people. We've allowed culture to instruct us, not scripture.Bathsheba went in unto the king into the chamber: and the king was very old; and Abishag the Shunammite ministered unto the king."