Thematic Bible: By purchase
Thematic Bible
Marriage » Wives obtained » By purchase
So I bought her for myself for fifteen shekels of silver and a homer and a half of barley.
So Jacob served seven years for Rachel and they seemed to him but a few days because of his love for her.
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And for a wife he kept sheep.
Moreover, I have acquired Ruth the Moabitess, the widow of Mahlon, to be my wife in order to raise up the name of the deceased on his inheritance, so that the name of the deceased will not be cut off from his brothers or from the court of his birth place; you are witnesses today.”
Roman empire » Citizenship in » By purchase
The commander answered, “I acquired this citizenship with a large sum of money.” And Paul said, “But I was actually born a citizen.”
Servants » Slaves or bond » By purchase
Meanwhile, the Midianites sold him in Egypt to Potiphar, Pharaoh’s officer, the captain of the bodyguard.
All the men of his household, who were born in the house or bought with money from a foreigner, were circumcised with him.