So he went up and told his father and mother, saying, “I have seen a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines; now therefore, (A)get her for me as a wife.”

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So Shechem (A)spoke to his father Hamor, saying, “Get me this young woman as a wife.”

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21 He dwelt in the Wilderness of Paran; and his mother (A)took a wife for him from the land of Egypt.

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And Jehoash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, (A)“The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the (B)cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, ‘Give your daughter to my son as wife’; and a wild beast that was in Lebanon passed by and trampled the thistle.

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Then Judah (A)took a wife for Er his firstborn, and her name was (B)Tamar.

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So Abraham said (A)to the oldest servant of his house, who (B)ruled over all that he had, “Please, (C)put your hand under my thigh, and I will make you (D)swear[a] by the Lord, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that (E)you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell;

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 24:3 take an oath

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