Thematic Bible: With the heathen forbidden
Thematic Bible
Marriage » With the heathen forbidden
Therefore, do not give your daughters to their sons, and do not take their daughters for your sons. Do not seek their peace and prosperity so that forever you may be strong and eat the good of the land and may give it as an inheritance to your sons.'
Then Isaac called Jacob and blessed him. And he instructed him and said to him, "You must not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan.
So I quarreled with them and cursed them and beat some of their men and pulled out their hair. I made them take an oath by God: "Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons or for yourselves.
And you shall not intermarry with them; you shall not give your daughter to their son; and you shall not take his daughter for your son.
for if indeed you turn back and join these remaining nations {among you}, and you intermarry with them, {marrying their women and they yours},
that I may make you swear by Yahweh, the God of heaven and the God of earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites in whose midst I am dwelling,
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