Verse 2

and cometh up and declareth to his father, and to his mother, and saith, `A woman I have seen in Timnath, of the daughters of the Philistines; and now, take her for me for a wife.'

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 34:4 : 4 And Shechem speaketh unto Hamor his father, saying, `Take for me this damsel for a wife.'
  • Gen 21:21 : 21 and he dwelleth in the wilderness of Paran, and his mother taketh for him a wife from the land of Egypt.
  • Gen 24:2-3 : 2 and Abraham saith unto his servant, the eldest of his house, who is ruling over all that he hath, `Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, 3 and I cause thee to swear by Jehovah, God of the heavens, and God of the earth, that thou dost not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanite, in the midst of whom I am dwelling;
  • Gen 38:6 : 6 And Judah taketh a wife for Er, his first-born, and her name `is' Tamar;
  • 2 Kgs 14:9 : 9 And Jehoash king of Israel sendeth unto Amaziah king of Judah, saying, `The thorn that `is' in Lebanon hath sent unto the cedar that `is' in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son for a wife; and pass by doth a beast of the field that `is' in Lebanon, and treadeth down the thorn.