Thematic Bible: Wives obtained
Thematic Bible
Marriage » Wives obtained » By purchase
So I got her for myself for fifteen shekels of silver and a homer and a half of barley;
Verse Concepts
And Jacob did seven years' work for Rachel; and because of his love for her it seemed to him only a very little time.
Verse Concepts
And Jacob went in flight into the field of Aram, and Israel became a servant for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.
Verse Concepts
And, further, I have taken Ruth, the Moabitess, who was the wife of Mahlon, to be my wife, to keep the name of the dead man living in his heritage, so that his name may not be cut off from among his countrymen, and from the memory of his town: you are witnesses this day.
Verse Concepts
Marriage » Wives obtained » By kidnapping
And watching; and if the daughters of Shiloh come out to take part in the dances, then come from the vine-gardens and take a wife for every one of you from among the daughters of Shiloh, and go back to the land of Benjamin. And when their fathers or their brothers come and make trouble, you are to say to them, Give them to us as an act of grace; for we did not take them as wives for ourselves in war; and if you yourselves had given them to us you would have been responsible for the broken oath. So the men of Benjamin did this, and got wives for themselves for every one of their number, taking them away by force from the dance; then they went back to their heritage, building up their towns and living in them.
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