Genesis 34:12
Aske freely of me both dowry and gyftes, and I wyll geue accordyng as ye say vnto me, so that ye geue me the damsell to wyfe.
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- Exod 22:16-17 : 16 If a man entice a mayde that is not betrouthed, and lye with her, he shall endowe her, and take her to his wyfe. 17 And if her father refuse to geue her vnto him, he shal pay money, according to the dowrie of virgins.
- Deut 22:28-29 : 28 If a man finde a mayde that is not betrouthed, and take her, and lye with her, and they be founde: 29 Then the man that lay with her, shall geue vnto the damsels father fiftie sicles of siluer, and she shall be his wyfe, because he hath humbled her: and he may not put her away all his dayes.
- 1 Sam 18:25-27 : 25 And Saul sayde, This wise shall ye saye to Dauid: The king careth for no other dowry, but for an hundred foreskinnes of the Philistines, to be auenged of the kynges enemies. But Saul thought to make Dauid fall into the handes of the Philistines. 26 And when his seruauntes tolde Dauid these wordes, it pleased Dauid wel to be the kinges sonne in lawe: And the dayes were not expired. 27 Afterward Dauid arose with his men, and went and slue of the Philistines two hundred men, and Dauid brought their foreskinnes, and they gaue them wholly to the king, that he might be the kinges sonne in lawe: Wherefore Saul gaue him Michol his daughter to wife.
- 2 Sam 3:14 : 14 And Dauid sent messengers to Isboseth Sauls sonne, saying: Deliuer me my wife Michol, whiche I maried for an hundred foreskinnes of ye Philistines.
- Hos 3:2 : 2 So I gat her for fifteene siluerlinges, and for an homer and an halfe of barley.
- Matt 14:17 : 17 They saye vnto hym: we haue here but fyue loaues, and two fisshes.
- Gen 24:53 : 53 And the seruaunt toke foorth iewelles of syluer, and iewelles of golde, and rayment, and gaue them to Rebecca: and to her brother, and to her mother he gaue costly gyftes
- Gen 29:18 : 18 And Iacob loued Rachel, and sayde: I wyll serue thee seuen yere for Rachel thy younger daughter.
- Gen 31:41 : 41 Thus haue I ben twentie yere in thy house, and serued thee fourteene yeres for thy two daughters, and sixe yere for thy sheepe, and thou hast chaunged my rewarde ten tymes.
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- Gen 34:6-116 verses89%
6 And Hemor the father of Sichem, went out vnto Iacob to common with hym.
7 And when the sonnes of Iacob (comming out of the fielde) hearde it, it greeued them, and they were not a little wroth, because he had wrought folly in Israel, in that he had lien with Iacobs daughter, which thing ought not to be done.
8 And Hemor communed with them, saying: the soule of my sonne Sichem, longeth for your daughter, I pray you geue her him to wyfe.
9 And make maryages with vs, and geue your daughters vnto vs, and take our daughters vnto you.
10 And ye shall dwell with vs, and the lande shalbe before you: dwell, and do your busines therein, and haue possessions therin.
11 And Sichem said, vnto her father and vnto her brethren: let me finde grace in your eyes, and whatsoeuer ye appoint me, that wyll I geue.
- Gen 34:1-44 verses86%
1 Dina the daughter of Lea, whiche she bare vnto Iacob, went out to see the daughters of the lande.
2 Whom whe Sichem the sonne of Hemor the Heuite Lorde of the countrey sawe, he toke her, & lay with her, and forced her.
3 And his heart laye vnto Dina the daughter of Iacob, and he loued that damsell, and spake kyndly vnto her.
4 And Sichem spake vnto his father Hemor, saying: get me this mayden vnto my wyfe.
- Gen 34:13-142 verses81%
13 But the sonnes of Iacob aunswered to Sichem and Hemor his father, talking amongest themselues deceiptfully, because he had defiled Diua their sister.
14 And they sayde vnto them: we can not do this thing, that we shoulde geue our sister to one that is vncircumcised, for that were an abomination vnto vs.
- Gen 34:16-216 verses77%
16 Then wyll we geue our daughters vnto you, and take your daughters to vs, and will dwell with you, and be one people.
17 But and if ye wyll not hearken vnto vs to be circumcised, then wyll we take our daughter, and go our wayes.
18 Theyr wordes pleased Hemor, and Sichem his sonne.
19 And the young man deferde not for to do the thing, because he had a lust to Iacobs daughter: he was also most set by, of all that was in his fathers house.
20 Then Hemor and Sichem his sonne went vnto the gate of their citie, and communed with the men of their citie, saying:
21 These men lyue peaceably among vs, and dwell in the lande, and do theyr occupation therein: and beholde, the lande is large inough for them, we will take their daughters to wiues, & geue them our daughters.
- Gen 38:16-172 verses74%
16 And he turned to her vnto the way, & sayde, Come I praye thee, let me lye with thee. (For he knewe not that it was his daughter in law.) And she answered: What wylt thou geue me for to lye with thee?
17 Then sayde he: I wyll sende thee a kyd from the flocke. She sayde: Then geue me a pledge tyll thou sende it.
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17 And if her father refuse to geue her vnto him, he shal pay money, according to the dowrie of virgins.
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29 Then the man that lay with her, shall geue vnto the damsels father fiftie sicles of siluer, and she shall be his wyfe, because he hath humbled her: and he may not put her away all his dayes.
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26 And slue also Hemor and Sithem his sonne with the edge of the sworde, and toke Dina out of Sichems house, and went theyr way.
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31 And he sayde: What shall I then geue thee? And Iacob aunswered, Thou shalt geue me nothyng at all: yf thou wylt do this thyng for me, then wyll I turne agayne, feede thy sheepe, and kepe them.
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31 And they aunswered: shoulde he deale with our sister, as with an harlot?
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2 And her father sayde, I thought that thou haddest hated her, & therfore gaue I her to thy companion: Is not her younger sister fayrer then she? Take her I pray thee, in steade of the other.
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38 But thou shalt go vnto my fathers house, and to my kinred, and take a wife vnto my sonne.