Genesis 29:18
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18 Jacob loved Rachel, so he said, “I will serve you seven years for your younger daughter Rachel.”(A)
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Hosea 12:12
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12 Jacob fled to the land of Aram;
there Israel served for a wife,
and for a wife he guarded sheep.[a](A)
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- 12.12 Heb lacks sheep
Exodus 22:16-17
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16 “When a man seduces a virgin who is not engaged to be married and lies with her, he shall give the bride-price for her and make her his wife.(A) 17 But if her father refuses to give her to him, he shall pay an amount equal to the bride-price for virgins.
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Genesis 34:12
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12 Put the marriage present and gift as high as you like, and I will give whatever you ask me; only give me the young woman to be my wife.”(A)
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Hosea 3:2
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2 So I bought her for fifteen shekels of silver and a homer of barley and a measure of wine.[a](A)
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- 3.2 Gk: Heb a homer of barley and a lethek of barley
2 Samuel 3:14
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14 Then David sent messengers to Saul’s son Ishbaal,[a] saying, “Give me my wife Michal, to whom I became engaged at the price of one hundred foreskins of the Philistines.”(A)
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- 3.14 Heb Ish-bosheth
Genesis 31:41
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41 These twenty years I have been in your house; I served you fourteen years for your two daughters and six years for your flock, and you have changed my wages ten times.(A)
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Genesis 29:30
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30 So Jacob went in to Rachel also, and he loved Rachel more than Leah. He served Laban[a] for another seven years.(A)
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- 29.30 Heb him
Genesis 29:20
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20 So Jacob served seven years for Rachel, and they seemed to him but a few days because of his love for her.
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