Thematic Bible: Wives obtained
Thematic Bible
Marriage » Wives obtained » By purchase
So I paid fifteen shekels of silver and about seven bushels of barley to purchase her.
So Jacob worked for seven years to acquire Rachel. But they seemed like only a few days to him because his love for her was so great.
Jacob fled to the country of Aram, then Israel worked to acquire a wife; he tended sheep to pay for her.
I have also acquired Ruth the Moabite, the wife of Mahlon, as my wife to raise up a descendant who will inherit his property so the name of the deceased might not disappear from among his relatives and from his village. You are witnesses today."
Marriage » Wives obtained » By kidnapping
and keep your eyes open. When you see the daughters of Shiloh coming out to dance in the celebration, jump out from the vineyards. Each one of you, catch yourself a wife from among the daughters of Shiloh and then go home to the land of Benjamin. When their fathers or brothers come and protest to us, we'll say to them, "Do us a favor and let them be, for we could not get each one a wife through battle. Don't worry about breaking your oath! You would only be guilty if you had voluntarily given them wives.'" The Benjaminites did as instructed. They abducted two hundred of the dancing girls to be their wives. They went home to their own territory, rebuilt their cities, and settled down.
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