'Exchange' in the Bible

But Leah replied to her, “Isn’t it enough that you have taken my husband? Now you also want to take my son’s mandrakes?”“Well,” Rachel said, “you can sleep with him tonight in exchange for your son’s mandrakes.”

Joseph collected all the money to be found in the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan in exchange for the grain they were purchasing, and he brought the money to Pharaoh’s palace.

But Joseph said, “Give me your livestock. Since the money is gone, I will give you food in exchange for your livestock.”

So they brought their livestock to Joseph, and he gave them food in exchange for the horses, the herds of sheep, the herds of cattle, and the donkeys. That year he provided them with food in exchange for all their livestock.

Why should we die here in front of you—both us and our land? Buy us and our land in exchange for food. Then we with our land will become Pharaoh’s slaves. Give us seed so that we can live and not die, and so that the land won’t become desolate.”

And if he does not do these three things for her, she may leave free of charge, without any exchange of money.

You can sell us food in exchange for silver so we may eat, and give us water for silver so we may drink. Only let us travel through on foot,

then exchange it for money, take the money in your hand, and go to the place the Lord your God chooses.

At an earlier period in Israel, a man removed his sandal and gave it to the other party in order to make any matter legally binding concerning the right of redemption or the exchange of property. This was the method of legally binding a transaction in Israel.

“Skin for skin!” Satan answered the Lord. “A man will give up everything he owns in exchange for his life.

Let him not put trust in worthless things, being led astray,for what he gets in exchange will prove worthless.

They must not sell or exchange any of it, and they must not transfer this choice part of the land, for it is holy to the Lord.

What will it benefit a man if he gains the whole world yet loses his life? Or what will a man give in exchange for his life?

What can a man give in exchange for his life?

And make sure that there isn’t any immoral or irreverent person like Esau, who sold his birthright in exchange for one meal.