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When she came [to him] she urged him to ask her father for a field. So she dismounted from the donkey, and Caleb said to her, "{What do you want}?"
And Leah said, "God has endowed me with a good gift. This time my husband will acknowledge me, because I bore him six sons." And she called his name Zebulun.
{Make the bride price and gift as high as you like}; I will give what you say to me. But give me the girl as a wife."
If her father absolutely refuses to give her to him, he will weigh out money according to the bride price for the virgin.
Lovers » Instances of » Shechem for dinah
{Make the bride price and gift as high as you like}; I will give what you say to me. But give me the girl as a wife."
And his soul clung to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the girl and spoke {tenderly} to the girl.
Marriage » A dowry given to the woman's parents before
{Make the bride price and gift as high as you like}; I will give what you say to me. But give me the girl as a wife."
And Jacob loved Rachel and said, "I will serve you seven years for Rachel your younger daughter."
And David got up, and he and his men went and struck down two hundred men [of the] Philistines. Then David brought their foreskins, and {they presented the full number} to become the king's son-in-law. Then Saul gave him Michal his daughter as [his] wife. When Saul {realized} that Yahweh [was] with David and {his own daughter Michal} loved him,
Marriage » Presents given to parents to secure their favor
And the servant brought out silver jewelry and gold jewelry, and garments, and he gave [them] to Rebekah. And he gave precious gifts to her brother and to her mother.
So I bought her for fifteen shekels of silver and a homer of barely and a measure of wine.
{Make the bride price and gift as high as you like}; I will give what you say to me. But give me the girl as a wife."
then {the man who lay with her} shall give to the father of the young woman fifty [shekels] of silver, and she shall become {his wife} {because} he violated her, and he is not allowed to divorce her {during his lifetime}.
Then Saul said, "This [is] what you must say to David: '{The king desires no bride price} except for a hundred foreskins of [the] Philistines, to avenge himself on the enemies of the king.'" (Now Saul had planned to allow David to fall by the hand of [the] Philistines.)