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And it came to pass, as she came unto him, that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she dismounted off her donkey; and Caleb said unto her, What do you wish?
And Leah said, God has endued me with a good dowry; now will my husband dwell with me, because I have borne him six sons: and she called his name Zebulun.
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Ask me ever so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as you shall say unto me: but give me the damsel for my wife.
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If her father utterly refuses to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.
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Lovers » Instances of » Shechem for dinah
Ask me ever so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as you shall say unto me: but give me the damsel for my wife.
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And his soul clung unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spoke kindly unto the damsel.
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Marriage » A dowry given to the woman's parents before
Ask me ever so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as you shall say unto me: but give me the damsel for my wife.
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And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve you seven years for Rachel your younger daughter.
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Therefore David arose and went, he and his men, and slew of the Philistines two hundred men; and David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full number to the king, that he might be the king's son-in-law. And Saul gave him Michal his daughter as his wife. And Saul saw and knew that the LORD was with David, and that Michal Saul's daughter loved him.
Marriage » Presents given to parents to secure their favor
And the servant brought forth jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and clothing, and gave them to Rebekah: he gave also to her brother and to her mother precious things.
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So I bought her for myself for fifteen pieces of silver, and for a homer of barley, and a half homer of barley:
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Ask me ever so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as you shall say unto me: but give me the damsel for my wife.
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Then the man that lay with her shall give unto the young woman's father fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife; because he has violated her, he may not put her away all his days.
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And Saul said, Thus shall you say to David, The king desires not 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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