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." Then Laban said, "Better [that] I give her to you than I give her to another man. Stay with me." read more. And Jacob worked for Rachel seven years, but they were as a few days in his eyes because he loved her. And Jacob said to Laban, "Give [me] my wife, that I may go in to her, for {my time} is completed." So Laban gathered all the men of the place and prepared a feast. And it happened [that] in the evening he took Leah his daughter and brought her to him, and he went in to her. And Laban gave Zilpah his female servant to her, to Leah his daughter [as] a female servant. And it happened [that] 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? Now why did you deceive me?" Then Laban said, "{It is not the custom} in our country to give the younger before the firstborn. Complete the week of this one, then I will also give you the other, {on the condition that you will work for me} another seven years."
{Make the bride price and gift as high as you like}; I will give what you say to me. But give me the girl as a wife."
" 'If a man seduces a virgin who is not engaged and he lies with her, he surely will give her bride price {to have her as his wife}. If her father absolutely refuses to give her to him, he will weigh out money according to the bride price for the virgin.
So I bought her for fifteen shekels of silver and a homer of barely and a measure of wine.
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 endowed me with a good gift. This time my husband will acknowledge me, because I bore him six sons." And she called his name Zebulun.
{Make the bride price and gift as high as you like}; I will give what you say to me. But give me the girl as a wife."
{Make the bride price and gift as high as you like}; I will give what you say to me. But give me the girl as a wife."
If her father absolutely refuses to give her to him, he will weigh out money according to the bride price for the virgin.
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 out silver jewelry and gold jewelry, and garments, and he gave [them] to Rebekah. And he gave precious gifts to her brother and to her mother.
And Jacob loved Rachel and said, "I will serve you seven years for Rachel your younger daughter."
{Make the bride price and gift as high as you like}; I will give what you say to me. But give me the girl as 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."
Complete the week of this one, then I will also give you the other, {on the condition that you will work for me} another seven years."
And Leah said, "God has endowed me with a good gift. This time my husband will acknowledge me, because I bore him six sons." And she called his name Zebulun.
{Make the bride price and gift as high as you like}; I will give what you say to me. But give me the girl as a wife."
" 'If a man seduces a virgin who is not engaged and he lies with her, he surely will give her bride price {to have her as his wife}. If her father absolutely refuses to give her to him, he will weigh out money according to the bride price for the virgin.
So I bought her for fifteen shekels of silver and a homer of barely and a measure of wine.
Smith
Dowry.
[MARRIAGE]
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Watsons
DOWRY. See BRIDE.