Marriage: Wives Obtained by Purchase
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Genesis 29:20
And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed to him but a few days, for the love he had to her.
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Ruth 4:10
Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead on his inheritance, that the name of the dead be not cut off from among his brothers, and from the gate of his place: you are witnesses this day.
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Hosea 3:2
So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and for an homer of barley, and an half homer of barley:
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Hosea 12:12
And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.
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The First Native Converts and Christian Schools
... rejoicing, and in Christ's love believing, I obtained mercy. ... But the marriage difficulty
was early forced on him ... to be done with converts whose wives would not ...
/.../smith/the life of william carey/chapter vi the first native.htm

Letter Lxvi. To Pammachius.
... a patrician by his parentage and marriage, rich in ... scatter on the graves of their
wives violets, roses ... of valour,"this great office is now obtained by merely ...
/.../jerome/the principal works of st jerome/letter lxvi to pammachius.htm

Chapter xxiv
... such a situation if it had actually obtained; especially since v ... a gift to those
who gave her in marriage. ... that the Hebrews were wont to purchase their wives. ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/leupold/exposition of genesis volume 1/chapter xxiv.htm

The Polity Settled by Moses; and How He Disappeared from among ...
... like circumstances; and while you have now obtained plenty yourselves ... will be for
the solace of wives under their ... that he is averse to this marriage, whether he ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 8 the polity settled.htm

Answers to Prayer
... miles distant, on the 19th of March, the wives of the ... if he had asked a reliable
neighbor and obtained his promise ... He led me to a choice and marriage, which I ...
//christianbookshelf.org/various/the wonders of prayer/answers to prayer.htm

Appeal to the Christian Women of the South
... her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he ... Are they sold only as wives
and daughters-in-law ... have all not only been illegally obtained as servants ...
/.../an appeal to the christian women of the south/appeal to the christian women.htm

Period iii. The Dissolution of the Imperial State Church and the ...
... baptism, but have left their wives and children ... deliberation, beginning probably
before his marriage with Chrotechildis ... of the episcopate which he has obtained. ...
/.../ayer/a source book for ancient church history/period iii the dissolution of.htm

Period I: the Imperial State Church of the Undivided Empire, or ...
... If any shipman shall have obtained surreptitiously or in any ... live as if by the compact
of marriage they were ... of this benefit to husbands and wives as regards ...
/.../ayer/a source book for ancient church history/period i the imperial state.htm

Chaldaean Civilization
... union, and many a son contracted a marriage after this ... Whether they were legitimate
wives or not, the women of ... were lavished on them, or they obtained them for ...
/.../chapter iiichaldaean civilization.htm

Faustus States his Objections to the Morality of the Law and the ...
... a pleasure which all must feel is obtained from this ... apostle speaks as a great mystery
in marriage, as referring ... reason to men who had several wives; and that ...
/.../faustus states his objections to.htm

Resources
What does the Bible say about the concept of a common law marriage? | GotQuestions.org

What does the Bible say about gay marriage / same sex marriage? | GotQuestions.org

Questions about Marriage (All) | GotQuestions.org

Marriage: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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Biracial Marriage

Interracial Marriage

Marriage

Marriage After Death

Marriage After Divorce

Marriage and Divorce

Marriage and Finances

Marriage and Love

Marriage Covenant

Marriage in Heaven

Marriage Reconciliation

Marriage Relationship

Marriage Separation

Marriage Vows

Marriage: A Benediction Pronounced After

Marriage: A Covenant Relationship

Marriage: A Dowry Given to the Woman's Parents Before

Marriage: A Herald Preceded the Bridegroom

Marriage: Advised

Marriage: Betrothal a Quasi-Marriage

Marriage: Betrothal Made With the Spirit

Marriage: Bridal Ornaments

Marriage: Bridal Presents

Marriage: Celebrated for Seven Days

Marriage: Celebrated with Feasting

Marriage: Celebrated with Great Rejoicing

Marriage: Celibacy Deplored

Marriage: Ceremony Attested by Witnesses

Marriage: Christ's Union With his Church

Marriage: Consanguinous, Abraham and Sarah

Marriage: Consent of the Parties Necessary To

Marriage: Contracted at the Gate and Before Witnesses

Marriage: Contracted in Patriarchal Age With Near Relations

Marriage: Daughters Given In, As Rewards of Valor

Marriage: David Gave One Hundred Philistine Foreskins for a Wife

Marriage: Designed For: Increasing the Human Population

Marriage: Designed For: Preventing Fornication

Marriage: Designed For: Raising up Godly Seed

Marriage: Designed For: The Happiness of Man

Marriage: Divinely Instituted

Marriage: Early Introduction of Polygamy

Marriage: Elder Daughters Usually Given In, Before the Younger

Marriage: Expressed by Giving Daughters to Sons, and Sons to Daughters

Marriage: Expressed by Joining Together

Marriage: Expressed by Making Affinity

Marriage: Expressed by Taking to Wife

Marriage: Figurative

Marriage: Garments Provided for Guests At

Marriage: Given by Kings

Marriage: God's Union With the Jewish Nation

Marriage: Honorable for All

Marriage: Indissoluble During the Joint Lives of the Parties

Marriage: Infidelity of Those Contracted In, Punished As If Married

Marriage: Isaac and Rebekah

Marriage: Jacob and his Wives

Marriage: Jesus Present At

Marriage: Lawful in All

Marriage: Levirate (The Brother Required to Marry a Brother's Widow)

Marriage: Modes of Demanding Women In

Marriage: Not Binding After Death

Marriage: Nuptial Feasts

Marriage: Obligations Under, Inferior to Duty to God

Marriage: Often Contracted by Parents for Children

Marriage: Parables From

Marriage: Parents' Consent Requires in the Mosaic Law

Marriage: Parents Contract for Their Children: Abraham for Isaac

Marriage: Parents Contract for Their Children: Hagar Selects a Wife for Ishmael

Marriage: Parents Contract for Their Children: Laban Arranges for his Daughters' Marriage

Marriage: Parents Contract for Their Children: Samson Asks his Parents to Procure Him a Wife

Marriage: Parents Might Refuse to Give Their Children In

Marriage: Presents Given to Parents to Secure Their Favor

Marriage: Priest not to Contract, With Divorced or Improper Persons

Marriage: should be Only in the Lord

Marriage: should be With Consent of Parents

Marriage: The Bride: Adorned With Jewels For

Marriage: The Bride: Attended by Bridesmaids

Marriage: The Bride: Called to Forget Her Father's House

Marriage: The Bride: Given a Handmaid At

Marriage: The Bride: Gorgeously Apparelled

Marriage: The Bride: Received Presents Before

Marriage: The Bride: Stood on the Right of Bridegroom

Marriage: The Bridegroom: Adorned With Ornaments

Marriage: The Bridegroom: Attended by Many Friends

Marriage: The Bridegroom: Crowned With Garlands

Marriage: The Bridegroom: Presented With Gifts

Marriage: The Bridegroom: Rejoiced Over the Bride

Marriage: The Bridegroom: Returned With the Bride to his House at Night

Marriage: The Expectation of the Promised Seed of the Woman An

Marriage: The Groom Exempt One Year from Military Duty

Marriage: The High Priest not to Contract, With a Widow or a Divorced

Marriage: The Jews were Allowed Divorce From, Because of Hardness of Their

Marriage: The Jews: Betrothed Themselves some Time Before

Marriage: The Jews: Careful in Contracting for Their Children

Marriage: The Jews: Considered Being Debarred From, a Cause of Grief

Marriage: The Jews: Considered Being Debarred From, a Reproach

Marriage: The Jews: Contracted when Young

Marriage: The Jews: Exempted from Going to War Immediately After

Marriage: The Jews: Forbidden to Contract With Idolaters

Marriage: The Jews: Forbidden to Contract, With Their Near Relations

Marriage: The Jews: Obliged to Contract With a Brother's Wife Who Died Without

Marriage: The Jews: Often Contracted With Foreigners

Marriage: The Jews: Often Contracted, in Their own Tribe

Marriage: The Jews: Often Punished by Being Debarred From

Marriage: The Jews: Sometimes Guilty of Polygamy

Marriage: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To

Marriage: Wedding Robes Adorned With Jewels

Marriage: Wives Among the Israelites Must be Israelites

Marriage: Wives Obtained by Kidnapping

Marriage: Wives Obtained by Purchase

Marriage: Wives Taken by Edict

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