Thematic Bible: Not to be given in marriage was considered a calamity
Thematic Bible
Women » Not to be given in marriage was considered a calamity
Seven women shall take hold of one man in that day, saying, "We will eat our own bread, and wear our own clothing: only let us be called by your name. Take away our reproach."
She said to her father, "Let this thing be done for me: let me alone two months, that I may depart and go down on the mountains, and bewail my virginity, I and my companions."
Fire devoured their young men. Their virgins had no wedding song.