Demand a high dowry and an expensive gift, and I will give you whatever you ask. Only give me the girl as my wife!”
If a man seduces a virgin who is not pledged in marriage and sleeps with her, he must pay the full dowry for her to be h
Saul replied, “Say to David, ‘The king desires no other dowry but a hundred Philistine foreskins as revenge on his enemi
Then he brought out jewels of silver and gold, and articles of clothing, and he gave them to Rebekah. He also gave preci
Then David sent messengers to say to Ish-bosheth son of Saul, “Give me back my wife, Michal, whom I betrothed to myself
Thus for twenty years I have served in your household—fourteen years for your two daughters and six years for your flock
Since Jacob loved Rachel, he answered, “I will serve you seven years for your younger daughter Rachel.”
If a man encounters a virgin who is not pledged in marriage, and he seizes her and lies with her, and they are discovere
“We have here only five loaves of bread and two fish,” they answered.
So I bought her for fifteen shekels of silver and a homer and a lethech of barley.