Thematic Bible: Presents given to parents to secure their favor
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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.
So I bought her to me for fifteen silver pieces, and for a homer of barley, and a half-homer of barley.
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.
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.
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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