Reference: Dowry
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In eastern countries the bridegroom was required to pay the father of his betrothed a stipulated portion, in money or other valuables, portion, in money or other valuables, proportioned to the rank and station of the family to which she belonged; this was the dowry. Jacob purchased his wives by his services to their father, Ge 29:18-27; 34:12; Ex 22:16-17; 1Sa 18:25; Ho 3:2.
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And Jacob loved Rachel, and said, I will serve you seven years for Rachel your younger daughter. And Laban said, It is better that I give her to you than that I should give her to another man. Stay with me. read more. And Jacob served seven years for Rachel, and they seemed to him a few days, for the love he had for her. And Jacob said to Laban, Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, so that I may go in to her. And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast. And it happened in the evening, he took his daughter Leah and brought her to him. And he went in to her. And Laban gave Zilpah his slave woman to his daughter Leah for a handmaid. And it happened in the morning, behold, it was Leah! And he said to Laban, What is this you have done to me? Did I not serve with you for Rachel? Why then have you tricked me? And Laban said, It must not be done so in our country, to give the younger before the first-born. Fulfill her week, and we will give you this one also for the service which you shall serve with me still another seven years.
Heap upon me ever so much price and dowry, and I will give according as you shall say to me. But give me the girl for a wife.
And if a man lures a virgin who is not promised, and lies with her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife. If her father utterly refuses to give her to him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.
So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and for a homer of barley and a half homer of barley.
Easton
(mohar; i.e., price paid for a wife, Ge 34:12; Ex 22:17; 1Sa 18:25), a nuptial present; some gift, as a sum of money, which the bridegroom offers to the father of his bride as a satisfaction before he can receive her. Jacob had no dowry to give for his wife, but he gave his services (Ge 29:18; 30:20; 34:12).
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And Jacob loved Rachel, and said, I will serve you seven years for Rachel your younger daughter.
And Leah said, God has given me a good present. Now my husband will live with me, because I have borne him six sons. And she called his name Zebulun.
Heap upon me ever so much price and dowry, and I will give according as you shall say to me. But give me the girl for a wife.
Heap upon me ever so much price and dowry, and I will give according as you shall say to me. But give me the girl for a wife.
Fausets
The suitor's payment to the father for the wife (Ge 24:53, Isaac; Ge 29:18, Jacob; Ge 34:12, Shechem).
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And the servant brought forth jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and clothing, and gave them to Rebekah. He also gave precious things to her brother and to her mother.
And Jacob loved Rachel, and said, I will serve you seven years for Rachel your younger daughter.
Heap upon me ever so much price and dowry, and I will give according as you shall say to me. But give me the girl for a wife.
Hastings
Morish
The sum paid by a man to the relatives of the woman who becomes his wife. Ge 34:12; Ex 22:16-17; 1Sa 18:25: cf. Ho 3:2. Leah, on having her sixth son, piously said, "God hath endued me with a good dowry." Ge 30:20. The dowry which Jacob gave for his wives was seven years' service for each. Ge 29:18,27.
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And Jacob loved Rachel, and said, I will serve you seven years for Rachel your younger daughter.
Fulfill her week, and we will give you this one also for the service which you shall serve with me still another seven years.
And Leah said, God has given me a good present. Now my husband will live with me, because I have borne him six sons. And she called his name Zebulun.
Heap upon me ever so much price and dowry, and I will give according as you shall say to me. But give me the girl for a wife.
And if a man lures a virgin who is not promised, and lies with her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife. If her father utterly refuses to give her to him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.
So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and for a homer of barley and a half homer of barley.
Smith
Dowry.
[MARRIAGE]
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Watsons
DOWRY. See BRIDE.