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Judges 8:31

And his concubine, that he had in Sichem, bore him a son, whose name was Abimelech.

Challoner: His concubineShe was his servant, but not his harlot: and is called his concubine, as wives of an inferior degree are commonly called in the Old Testament, though otherwise lawfully married.

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The verse in its languages

Vulgate (Clementine): Concubina autem illius, quam habebat in Sichem, genuit ei filium nomine Abimelech.
Septuagint (Swete): καὶ παλλακὴ αὐτοῦ ἦν ἐν Συχέμ· καὶ ἔτεκεν αὐτῷ καί γε αὐτὴ υἱόν, καὶ ἔθηκεν τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Ἀβειμέλεχ.
Hebrew (WLC): וּפִֽילַגְשׁוֹ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בִּשְׁכֶ֔ם יָֽלְדָה לּ֥וֹ גַם הִ֖יא בֵּ֑ן וַיָּ֥שֶׂם אֶת שְׁמ֖וֹ אֲבִימֶֽלֶךְ

Haydock's commentary

His concubine. She was his servant, but not his harlot; and is called his concubine, as wives of an inferior degree are commonly called in the Old Testament, though otherwise lawfully married. (Challoner)

They had not all the privileges of wives; (Genesis xxv. 6,) and their children could not claim the inheritance. (Calmet)

Abimelech means, "my (Haydock) father king;" alluding to the dignity of Gedeon; or perhaps the mother imposed this name, hoping that her son would obtain the highest honours. Josephus calls her Druma. She dwelt at Sichem, to which place the judge of Israel often resorted, though his usual residence was at Ephra. This son of theirs is included among the 70.

From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.