Genesis 34:12
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12 Ask me for as great a (A)bride-price[a] and gift as you will, and I will give whatever you say to me. Only give me the young woman to be my wife.”
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- Genesis 34:12 Or engagement present
Exodus 22:16-17
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16 (A)“If a man seduces a virgin[a] who is not betrothed and lies with her, he shall give the bride-price[b] for her and make her his wife. 17 If her father utterly refuses to give her to him, (B)he shall pay money equal to the (C)bride-price for virgins.
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- Exodus 22:16 Or a girl of marriageable age; also verse 17
- Exodus 22:16 Or engagement present; also verse 17
Matthew 14:17
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17 They said to him, “We have only five loaves here and two fish.”
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2 Samuel 3:14
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14 Then David sent messengers to Ish-bosheth, Saul's son, saying, “Give me my wife Michal, (A)for whom I paid the bridal price of a hundred foreskins of the Philistines.”
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1 Samuel 18:25-27
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25 Then Saul said, “Thus shall you say to David, ‘The king desires no (A)bride-price except a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, (B)that he may be avenged of the king's enemies.’” (C)Now Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines. 26 And when his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king's son-in-law. (D)Before the time had expired, 27 David arose and went, (E)along with his men, and killed two hundred of the Philistines. (F)And David brought their foreskins, which were given in full number to the king, that he might become the king's son-in-law. And Saul gave him his daughter Michal for a wife.
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Deuteronomy 22:28-29
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28 (A)“If a man meets a virgin who is not betrothed, and seizes her and lies with her, and they are found, 29 then the man who lay with her shall give to the father of the young woman fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife, because he has violated her. He may not divorce her all his days.
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Genesis 31:41
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41 These twenty years I have been in your house. (A)I served you fourteen years for your two daughters, and six years for your flock, and (B)you have changed my wages ten times.
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Genesis 29:18
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18 Jacob loved Rachel. And he said, (A)“I will serve you seven years for your younger daughter Rachel.”
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Genesis 24:53
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53 And the servant brought out jewelry of silver and of gold, and garments, and gave them to Rebekah. He also gave to her brother and to her mother costly ornaments.
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Hosea 3:2
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2 So I bought her for fifteen shekels of silver and a (A)homer and a lethech[a] of barley.
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- Hosea 3:2 A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams; a homer was about 6 bushels or 220 liters; a lethech was about 3 bushels or 110 liters
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