Verse 11

if you see among the captives a beautiful woman and are attracted to her, you may take her as your wife.

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 6:2 : 2 the sons of God saw that the daughters of humanity were beautiful, and they took wives for themselves from whomever they chose.
  • Gen 12:14-15 : 14 When Abram entered Egypt, the Egyptians saw that Sarai was a very beautiful woman. 15 Pharaoh's officials saw her and praised her to Pharaoh, and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's palace.
  • Gen 29:18-20 : 18 Jacob loved Rachel, so he said, 'I will serve you seven years for Rachel, your younger daughter.' 19 Laban replied, 'It is better for me to give her to you than to another man. Stay here with me.' 20 So Jacob worked seven years for Rachel, but they seemed like only a few days to him because of his love for her.
  • Gen 34:3 : 3 But his heart was deeply attached to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the young woman and spoke tenderly to her.
  • Gen 34:8 : 8 Hamor spoke with them, saying, "My son Shechem has set his heart on your daughter. Please give her to him as a wife.
  • Num 31:18 : 18 But you may keep alive for yourselves all the young women who have not known a man by lying with him.
  • Judg 14:2-3 : 2 He returned and told his father and mother, 'I have seen a woman in Timnah from the daughters of the Philistines. Now get her for me as a wife.' 3 But his father and mother said to him, 'Is there no woman among the daughters of your relatives or among all our people, that you must go and take a wife from the uncircumcised Philistines?' Yet Samson said to his father, 'Get her for me, because she is right in my eyes.'
  • Prov 6:25 : 25 Do not desire her beauty in your heart, and do not let her captivate you with her eyes.
  • Prov 31:10 : 10 A wife of noble character, who can find? She is worth far more than rubies.
  • Prov 31:30 : 30 Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting, but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised.