Genesis 34:12

Authorized King James Version (1611)

Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say unto me: but give me the damsel to wife.

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  • Exod 22:16-17 : 16 ¶ And if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife. 17 If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.
  • Deut 22:28-29 : 28 If a man find a damsel [that is] a virgin, which is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found; 29 Then the man that lay with her shall give unto the damsel's father fifty [shekels] of silver, and she shall be his wife; because he hath humbled her, he may not put her away all his days.
  • 1 Sam 18:25-27 : 25 And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David, The king desireth not any dowry, but an hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king's enemies. But Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines. 26 And when his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king's son in law: and the days were not expired. 27 Wherefore David arose and went, he and his men, and slew of the Philistines two hundred men; and David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full tale to the king, that he might be the king's son in law. And Saul gave him Michal his daughter to wife.
  • 2 Sam 3:14 : 14 And David sent messengers to Ishbosheth Saul's son, saying, Deliver [me] my wife Michal, which I espoused to me for an hundred foreskins of the Philistines.
  • Hos 3:2 : 2 So I bought her to me for fifteen [pieces] of silver, and [for] an homer of barley, and an half homer of barley:
  • Matt 14:17 : 17 And they say unto him, We have here but five loaves, and two fishes.
  • Gen 24:53 : 53 And the servant brought forth jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment, and gave [them] to Rebekah: he gave also to her brother and to her mother precious things.
  • Gen 29:18 : 18 And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.
  • Gen 31:41 : 41 Thus have I been twenty years in thy house; I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy cattle: and thou hast changed my wages ten times.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 34:6-11
    6 verses
    89%

    6¶ And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune with him.

    7And the sons of Jacob came out of the field when they heard [it]: and the men were grieved, and they were very wroth, because he had wrought folly in Israel in lying with Jacob's daughter; which thing ought not to be done.

    8And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you give her him to wife.

    9And make ye marriages with us, [and] give your daughters unto us, and take our daughters unto you.

    10And ye shall dwell with us: and the land shall be before you; dwell and trade ye therein, and get you possessions therein.

    11And Shechem said unto her father and unto her brethren, Let me find grace in your eyes, and what ye shall say unto me I will give.

  • Gen 34:1-4
    4 verses
    86%

    1¶ And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.

    2And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her.

    3And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel.

    4And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife.

  • Gen 34:13-14
    2 verses
    81%

    13And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and said, because he had defiled Dinah their sister:

    14And they said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that [were] a reproach unto us:

  • Gen 34:16-21
    6 verses
    77%

    16Then will we give our daughters unto you, and we will take your daughters to us, and we will dwell with you, and we will become one people.

    17But if ye will not hearken unto us, to be circumcised; then will we take our daughter, and we will be gone.

    18¶ And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor's son.

    19And the young man deferred not to do the thing, because he had delight in Jacob's daughter: and he [was] more honourable than all the house of his father.

    20And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city, and communed with the men of their city, saying,

    21These men [are] peaceable with us; therefore let them dwell in the land, and trade therein; for the land, behold, [it is] large enough for them; let us take their daughters to us for wives, and let us give them our daughters.

  • Gen 38:16-17
    2 verses
    74%

    16And he turned unto her by the way, and said, Go to, I pray thee, let me come in unto thee; (for he knew not that she [was] his daughter in law.) And she said, What wilt thou give me, that thou mayest come in unto me?

    17And he said, I will send [thee] a kid from the flock. And she said, Wilt thou give [me] a pledge, till thou send [it]?

  • Exod 22:17
    74%

    17If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.

  • Deut 22:29
    73%

    29Then the man that lay with her shall give unto the damsel's father fifty [shekels] of silver, and she shall be his wife; because he hath humbled her, he may not put her away all his days.

  • Gen 34:26
    73%

    26And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and went out.

  • Gen 30:31
    73%

    31And he said, What shall I give thee? And Jacob said, Thou shalt not give me any thing: if thou wilt do this thing for me, I will again feed [and] keep thy flock:

  • Gen 34:31
    72%

    31And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with an harlot?

  • Judg 15:2
    72%

    2And her father said, I verily thought that thou hadst utterly hated her; therefore I gave her to thy companion: [is] not her younger sister fairer than she? take her, I pray thee, instead of her.

  • Gen 24:38
    72%

    38But thou shalt go unto my father's house, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son.