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Now when she came to him, he put into her mind the idea of requesting a field from her father: and she got down from her ass; and Caleb said to her, What is it?
And she said, God has given me a good bride-price; now at last will I have my husband living with me, for I have given him six sons: and she gave him the name Zebulun.
However great you make the bride-price and payment, I will give it; only let me have the girl for my wife.
If her father will not give her to him on any account, he will have to give the regular payment for virgins.
Lovers » Instances of » Shechem for dinah
However great you make the bride-price and payment, I will give it; only let me have the girl for my wife.
Then his heart went out in love to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob, and he said comforting words to her.
Marriage » A dowry given to the woman's parents before
However great you make the bride-price and payment, I will give it; only let me have the girl for my wife.
And Jacob was in love with Rachel; and he said, I will be your servant seven years for Rachel, your younger daughter.
So David and his men got up and went, and put to death two hundred of the Philistines; and David took their private parts and gave the full number of them to the king, so that he might be the king's son-in-law. And Saul gave him his daughter Michal for his wife. And it was clear to Saul that the Lord was with David; and he was loved by all Israel.
Marriage » Presents given to parents to secure their favor
Then he took jewels of silver and jewels of gold and fair robes and gave them to Rebekah: and he gave things of value to her mother and her brother.
So I got her for myself for fifteen shekels of silver and a homer and a half of barley;
However great you make the bride-price and payment, I will give it; only let me have the girl for my wife.
Then the man will have to give the virgin's father fifty shekels of silver and make her his wife, because he has put shame on her; he may never put her away all his life.
And Saul said, Then say to David, The king has no desire for any bride-price, but only for the private parts of a hundred Philistines so that the king may get the better of his haters. But it was in Saul's mind that David might come to his end by the hands of the Philistines.