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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.
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{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."
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If her father absolutely refuses to give her to him, he will weigh out money according to the bride price for the virgin.
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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."
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And his soul clung to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the girl and spoke {tenderly} to the girl.
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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."
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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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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.
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So I bought her for fifteen shekels of silver and a homer of barely and a measure of wine.
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{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."
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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}.
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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.)
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