Thematic Bible: By purchase
Thematic Bible
Marriage » Wives obtained » By purchase
So I bought her for myself for fifteen pieces of silver and a homer and a half of barley.
Jacob served seven years for Rachel. They seemed to him but a few days, for the love he had for her.
Jacob fled into the country of Aram, and Israel served to get a wife, and for a wife he tended flocks and herds.
Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, I have purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead on his inheritance, that the name of the dead not be cut off from among his brothers, and from the gate of his place. You are witnesses this day."
Roman empire » Citizenship in » By purchase
The commanding officer answered, "I bought my citizenship for a great price." Paul said, "But I was born a Roman."
Servants » Slaves or bond » By purchase
The Midianites sold him into Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, the captain of the guard.
All the men of his house, those born in the house, and those bought with money of a foreigner, were circumcised with him.