Verse 2

When he got home, he told his father and mother,“A Philistine girl in Timnah has caught my eye. Now get her for my wife.”

Referenced Verses

• Gen 34:4 : 4 Shechem said to his father Hamor,“Acquire this young girl as my wife.”
• Gen 21:21 : 21 He lived in the wilderness of Paran. His mother found a wife for him from the land of Egypt.
• Gen 24:2-3 : 2 Abraham said to his servant, the senior one in his household who was in charge of everything he had,“Put your hand under my thigh 3 so that I may make you solemnly promise by the LORD, the God of heaven and the God of the earth: You must not acquire a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I am living.
• Gen 38:6 : 6 Judah acquired a wife for Er his firstborn; her name was Tamar.
• 2 Kgs 14:9 : 9 King Jehoash of Israel sent this message back to King Amaziah of Judah,“A thornbush in Lebanon sent this message to a cedar in Lebanon,‘Give your daughter to my son as a wife.’ Then a wild animal of Lebanon came by and trampled down the thorn.