Coogan affirms that premarital sex for women was "discouraged", but the Bible has a word for the sons of unmarried women, i.e. they were allowed to give birth to such sons, although their sons were relegated to an inferior social status.
Coogan afirmă că relațiile sexuale premaritale ale femeilor erau „descurajate”, dar Biblia are un cuvânt pentru fiii femeilor nemăritate, adică le era permis să nască astfel de fii, deși ei erau destinați unui rol social inferior.