i dont buy the "different times, different standards" argument by the way - a child is a child and no normal man would in any circumstances want to have sex with a 9yr old.
How do you know? I bet you would be doing it if you lived back then. Really, you can't say that a man wouldn't be attracted to a young girl. I'm not saying being a pedophile is right, I'm saying it was common practice, Abraham had another wife, who was his maid (Hagar wasn't it?). Today that would be considered a no-no, but back then it was common practice.