The Marriage of Isaac and Rebekah

Now Abraham was old, advanced in years, and the Lord had blessed Abraham in all things.

But Hamor spoke with them, saying, “The heart of my son Shechem longs for your daughter; please give her to him in marriage.

Make marriages with us; give your daughters to us, and take our daughters for yourselves.

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.”

“These people are friendly with us; let them live in the land and trade in it, for the land is large enough for them; let us take their daughters in marriage, and let us give them our daughters.

she put off her widow’s garments, put on a veil, wrapped herself up, and sat down at the entrance to Enaim, which is on the road to Timnah. She saw that Shelah was grown up, yet she had not been given to him in marriage.

Moses agreed to stay with the man, and he gave Moses his daughter Zipporah in marriage.

But he shall not defile himself for those related to him by marriage and so profane himself.

Marriage of Female Heirs

The heads of the ancestral houses of the clans of the descendants of Gilead son of Machir son of Manasseh, of the Josephite clans, came forward and spoke in the presence of Moses and the leaders, the heads of the ancestral houses of the Israelites;

The father of the young woman shall say to the elders: ‘I gave my daughter in marriage to this man, but he dislikes her,

Laws concerning Marriage and Divorce

“Suppose a man enters into marriage with a woman but she does not please him because he finds something objectionable about her, so he writes her a certificate of divorce, puts it in her hand, and sends her out of his house;

Levirate Marriage

“When brothers reside together and one of them dies and has no son, the wife of the deceased shall not be married outside the family to a stranger. Her husband’s brother shall go in to her, taking her in marriage and performing the duty of a husband’s brother to her,

He had thirty sons. He gave his thirty daughters in marriage outside his clan and brought in thirty young women from outside for his sons. He judged Israel seven years.

Samson’s Marriage

Once Samson went down to Timnah, and at Timnah he saw a Philistine woman.

The Benjaminites Saved from Extinction

Now the Israelites had sworn at Mizpah, “No one of us shall give his daughter in marriage to Benjamin.”

The Marriage of Boaz and Ruth

No sooner had Boaz gone up to the gate and sat down there than the next-of-kin of whom Boaz had spoken came passing by. So Boaz said, “Come over; sit down here.” And he went over and sat down.

Then Saul said, “Thus shall you say to David, ‘The king desires no marriage present except a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, that he may be avenged on the king’s enemies.’ ” Now Saul planned to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.

Solomon’s Prayer for Wisdom

Solomon made a marriage alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt; he took Pharaoh’s daughter and brought her into the city of David until he had finished building his own house and the house of the Lord and the wall around Jerusalem.

His own house where he would reside, in the other court back of the hall, was of the same construction. Solomon also made a house like this hall for Pharaoh’s daughter, whom he had taken in marriage.

from the nations concerning which the Lord had said to the Israelites, “You shall not enter into marriage with them, neither shall they with you, for they will surely incline your heart to follow their gods.” Solomon clung to these in love.

So Sheshan gave his daughter in marriage to his slave Jarha, and she bore him Attai.

Rehoboam’s Marriages

Rehoboam took as his wife Mahalath daughter of Jerimoth son of David and of Abihail daughter of Eliab son of Jesse.

Micaiah Predicts Failure

Now Jehoshaphat had great riches and honor, and he made a marriage alliance with Ahab.

Denunciation of Mixed Marriages

After these things had been done, the officials approached me and said, “The people of Israel, the priests, and the Levites have not separated themselves from the peoples of the lands with their abominations, from the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites.

Mixed Marriages Condemned

In those days also I saw Jews who had married women of Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab,