Thematic Bible: By purchase
Thematic Bible
Marriage » Wives obtained » By purchase
So I got her for myself for fifteen shekels of silver and a homer and a half of barley;
And Jacob did seven years' work for Rachel; and because of his love for her it seemed to him only a very little time.
And Jacob went in flight into the field of Aram, and Israel became a servant for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.
And, further, I have taken Ruth, the Moabitess, who was the wife of Mahlon, to be my wife, to keep the name of the dead man living in his heritage, so that his name may not be cut off from among his countrymen, and from the memory of his town: you are witnesses this day.
Roman empire » Citizenship in » By purchase
And the chief captain said, I got Roman rights for myself at a great price. And Paul said, But I had them by birth.
Servants » Slaves or bond » By purchase
And in Egypt the men of Midian gave him for a price to Potiphar, a captain of high position in Pharaoh's house.
And all the men of his house, those whose birth had taken place in the house and those whom he had got for money from men of other lands, underwent circumcision with him.