² When he returned, he said to his father and mother, “I have seen a Philistine woman in Timnah; now get her for me as my wife.”^(A)

⁴ And Shechem said to his father Hamor, “Get me this girl as my wife.”^(A)

² He said to the senior servant^(A) in his household, the one in charge of all that he had,^(B) “Put your hand under my thigh.^{(C) 3} I want you to swear^(D) by the Lord, the God of heaven^(E) and the God of earth,^(F) that you will not get a wife for my son^(G) from the daughters of the Canaanites,^(H) among whom I am living,^(I)

²¹ While he was living in the Desert of Paran,^(A) his mother got a wife for him^(B) from Egypt.

⁹ But Jehoash king of Israel replied to Amaziah king of Judah: “A thistle^(A) in Lebanon sent a message to a cedar in Lebanon, ‘Give your daughter to my son in marriage.’ Then a wild beast in Lebanon came along and trampled the thistle underfoot.