Thematic Bible: By purchase
Thematic Bible
Marriage » Wives obtained » By purchase
So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and for an homer of barley, and an half homer of barley:
And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her.
And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.
Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, that the name of the dead be not cut off from among his brethren, and from the gate of his place: ye are witnesses this day.
Roman empire » Citizenship in » By purchase
And the chief captain answered, With a great sum obtained I this freedom. And Paul said, But I was free born.
Servants » Slaves or bond » By purchase
And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, and captain of the guard.
And all the men of his house, born in the house, and bought with money of the stranger, were circumcised with him.