Genesis 34:12
You can make the bride price and the gift I must bring very expensive, and I’ll give whatever you ask of me. Just give me the young woman as my wife!”
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- Exod 22:16-17 : 16 Moral and Ceremonial Laws“If a man seduces a virgin who is not engaged and goes to bed with her, he must surely pay the marriage price for her to be his wife. 17 If her father refuses to give her to him, he must pay money for the bride price of virgins.
- Deut 22:28-29 : 28 Suppose a man comes across a virgin who is not engaged and takes hold of her and sleeps with her and they are discovered. 29 The man who has slept with her must pay her father fifty shekels of silver and she must become his wife. Because he has humiliated her, he may never divorce her as long as he lives.
- 1 Sam 18:25-27 : 25 Saul replied,“Here is what you should say to David:‘There is nothing that the king wants as a price for the bride except a hundred Philistine foreskins, so that he can be avenged of his enemies.’”(Now Saul was thinking that he could kill David by the hand of the Philistines.) 26 So his servants told David these things and David agreed to become the king’s son-in-law. Now the specified time had not yet expired 27 when David, along with his men, went out and struck down two hundred Philistine men. David brought their foreskins and presented all of them to the king so he could become the king’s son-in-law. Saul then gave him his daughter Michal in marriage.
- 2 Sam 3:14 : 14 David sent messengers to Ish-bosheth son of Saul with this demand:“Give me my wife Michal whom I acquired for a hundred Philistine foreskins.”
- Hos 3:2 : 2 So I paid fifteen shekels of silver and about seven bushels of barley to purchase her.
- Matt 14:17 : 17 They said to him,“We have here only five loaves and two fish.”
- Gen 24:53 : 53 Then he brought out gold, silver jewelry, and clothing and gave them to Rebekah. He also gave valuable gifts to her brother and to her mother.
- Gen 29:18 : 18 Since Jacob had fallen in love with Rachel, he said,“I’ll serve you seven years in exchange for your younger daughter Rachel.”
- Gen 31:41 : 41 This was my lot for twenty years in your house: I worked like a slave for you– fourteen years for your two daughters and six years for your flocks, but you changed my wages ten times!
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- Gen 34:6-116 verses89%
6Then Shechem’s father Hamor went to speak with Jacob about Dinah.
7Now Jacob’s sons had come in from the field when they heard the news. They were offended and very angry because Shechem had disgraced Israel by sexually assaulting Jacob’s daughter, a crime that should not be committed.
8But Hamor made this appeal to them:“My son Shechem is in love with your daughter. Please give her to him as his wife.
9Intermarry with us. Let us marry your daughters, and take our daughters as wives for yourselves.
10You may live among us, and the land will be open to you. Live in it, travel freely in it, and acquire property in it.”
11Then Shechem said to Dinah’s father and brothers,“Let me find favor in your sight, and whatever you require of me I’ll give.
- Gen 34:1-44 verses86%
1Dinah and the Shechemites Now Dinah, Leah’s daughter whom she bore to Jacob, went to meet the young women of the land.
2When Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, who ruled that area, saw her, he grabbed her, forced himself on her, and sexually assaulted her.
3Then he became very attached to Dinah, Jacob’s daughter. He fell in love with the young woman and spoke romantically to her.
4Shechem said to his father Hamor,“Acquire this young girl as my wife.”
- Gen 34:13-142 verses81%
13Jacob’s sons answered Shechem and his father Hamor deceitfully when they spoke because Shechem had violated their sister Dinah.
14They said to them,“We cannot give our sister to a man who is not circumcised, for it would be a disgrace to us.
- Gen 34:16-216 verses77%
16Then we will give you our daughters to marry, and we will take your daughters as wives for ourselves, and we will live among you and become one people.
17But if you do not agree to our terms by being circumcised, then we will take our sister and depart.”
18Their offer pleased Hamor and his son Shechem.
19The young man did not delay in doing what they asked because he wanted Jacob’s daughter Dinah badly.(Now he was more important than anyone in his father’s household.)
20So Hamor and his son Shechem went to the gate of their city and spoke to the men of their city,
21“These men are at peace with us. So let them live in the land and travel freely in it, for the land is wide enough for them. We will take their daughters for wives, and we will give them our daughters to marry.
- Gen 38:16-172 verses74%
16He turned aside to her along the road and said,“Come, please, I want to sleep with you.”(He did not realize it was his daughter-in-law.) She asked,“What will you give me so that you may sleep with me?”
17He replied,“I’ll send you a young goat from the flock.” She asked,“Will you give me a pledge until you send it?”
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17If her father refuses to give her to him, he must pay money for the bride price of virgins.
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29The man who has slept with her must pay her father fifty shekels of silver and she must become his wife. Because he has humiliated her, he may never divorce her as long as he lives.
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26They killed Hamor and his son Shechem with the sword, took Dinah from Shechem’s house, and left.
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31So Laban asked,“What should I give you?”“You don’t need to give me a thing,” Jacob replied,“but if you agree to this one condition, I will continue to care for your flocks and protect them:
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31But Simeon and Levi replied,“Should he treat our sister like a common prostitute?”
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2Her father said,“I really thought you absolutely despised her, so I gave her to your best man. Her younger sister is more attractive than she is. Take her instead!”
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38but you must go to the family of my father and to my relatives to find a wife for my son.’