'Acquire' in the Bible
as a promise to the LORD, the God of heaven and earth, that you won't acquire a wife for my son from the Canaanite women among whom I'm living.
Instead, you are to go to my country and to my family and acquire a wife for my son Isaac."
"The LORD God of heaven, who brought me from my father's house and from my family's land, who spoke to me and promised me "I will give this land to your descendants,' will send his angel ahead of you, and you are to acquire a wife for my son from there.
My master made me swear an oath. He said, 'You must not acquire a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I am living,
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.
Shechem said to his father Hamor, "Acquire this young girl as my wife."
Live with us. The land is before you. Settle here, move about, and acquire property in it.”
The only land he didn’t acquire was the priests’ portion, for it was given to them by Pharaoh. They lived off the rations Pharaoh had given them; therefore they did not sell their land.