Thematic Bible: By purchase
Thematic Bible
Marriage » Wives obtained » By purchase
And I buy her to me for fifteen silverlings, and a homer and a letech of barley;
and Jacob serveth for Rachel seven years; and they are in his eyes as some days, because of his loving her.
And Jacob doth flee to the country of Aram, And Israel doth serve for a wife, Yea, for a wife he hath kept watch.
and also Ruth the Moabitess, wife of Mahlon, I have bought to myself for a wife, to raise up the name of the dead over his inheritance; and the name of the dead is not cut off from among his brethren, and from the gate of his place; witnesses ye are to-day.'
Roman empire » Citizenship in » By purchase
and the chief captain answered, 'I, with a great sum, did obtain this citizenship;' but Paul said, 'But I have been even born so.'
Servants » Slaves or bond » By purchase
And the Medanites have sold him unto Egypt, to Potiphar, a eunuch of Pharaoh, head of the executioners.
and all the men of his house -- born in the house, and bought with money from the son of a stranger -- have been circumcised with him.