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And it came to pass as she came, that she urged him to ask of her father a field; and she sprang down from the ass. And Caleb said to her, What wouldest thou?
and Leah said, God has endowed me with a good dowry; this time will my husband dwell with me, because I have borne him six sons. And she called his name Zebulun.
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Impose on me very much as dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say to me; but give me the maiden as wife.
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If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall weigh money according to the dowry of virgins.
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Lovers » Instances of » Shechem for dinah
Impose on me very much as dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say to me; but give me the maiden as wife.
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And his soul fastened on Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the maiden, and spoke consolingly to the maiden.
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Marriage » A dowry given to the woman's parents before
Impose on me very much as dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say to me; but give me the maiden as wife.
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And Jacob loved Rachel, and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.
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when David arose and went, he and his men, and smote of the Philistines two hundred men; and David brought their foreskins, and they delivered them in full to the king, that he might be the king's son-in-law. And Saul gave him Michal his daughter as wife. And Saul saw and knew that Jehovah was with David; and Michal Saul's daughter loved him.
Marriage » Presents given to parents to secure their favor
And the servant brought forth silver articles, and gold articles, and clothing, and he gave them to Rebecca; and he gave to her brother, and to her mother, precious things.
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So I bought her to me for fifteen silver pieces, and for a homer of barley, and a half-homer of barley.
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Impose on me very much as dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say to me; but give me the maiden as wife.
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then the man that lay with her shall give unto the damsel's father fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife, because he hath humbled her; he may not put her away all his days.
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And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David: The king does not desire any dowry, but a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king's enemies. But Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.
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